The Anti-Corruption Report Publishes Special Issue Primarily Dedicated to Coverage of the ABA’s Fifth Annual National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

From October 17-19, 2012, the American Bar Association hosted the Fifth Annual National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Washington, D.C.  This event brought together in-house counsel, law firm partners and other thought leaders whose practices or job descriptions regularly bring them into contact with the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act and other global anti-bribery regimes.  Panels at the Institute covered a wide range of relevant topics and identified current best practices on many of the most difficult questions facing anti-bribery professionals.  In light of the concentration of talent at the Institute, the depth of insight of participants and the fact that many professionals concerned with the topics discussed were not able to attend, we are publishing a special issue of the Anti-Corruption Report primarily dedicated to deep coverage of selected panels at the Institute.  Specifically, the first four substantive articles in this issue discuss, respectively, the interaction between corporate social responsibility regulation and FCPA compliance; trends in SEC enforcement of the FCPA and strategies for negotiating civil FCPA settlements; strategies from Pfizer, Barrick Gold and other leading companies for handling actual and potential FCPA whistleblowers; and litigation, settlement and risk management lessons learned from recent FCPA trials.  In addition to our coverage of the ABA Institute, this issue also includes an article on a recent survey by Kroll Advisory Solutions identifying global fraud trends and risks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as an article on two recent speeches by Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer discussing deferred prosecution agreements, civil forfeiture and FCPA enforcement against individuals.

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