The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

ebook Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement

By Martin Weinstein

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Passed in the wake of the Watergate Scandal and enforced only sporadically for two decades, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has emerged as a potent and feared law enforcement tool. In recent years, U.S. authorities have zealously enforced the FCPA, seeking historically high fines for corporations and significant jail time for executives.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement book covers all aspects of the FCPA. It methodically explains its stringent accounting and recordkeeping requirements, the practices for which corporations and individual officers and directors can be held civilly and criminally responsible, essential steps for compliance and mitigation of penalties, and other vital subjects.

Identify the Red Flags of Foreign Corrupt Practices Risk

When will American companies and their officers and directors be held responsible for the practices of non-U.S. subsidiaries? What constitutes "knowledge" and "corrupt intent"? How do the internal controls needed for compliance with the FCPA differ from those needed for compliance with other acts, such as Sarbanes-Oxley? This important new book answers these questions and many others.

Topics include:

  • When the antibribery provisions apply, and the exceptions and affirmative defenses

  • Book- and recording-keeping procedures and internal controls required by the FCPA accounting provisions

  • Applicability of the FCPA to persons outside the United States

  • Civil and criminal liability of individuals

  • Key elements the DoJ and other regulators look for in evaluating an organization's compliance program

    Passed in the wake of the Watergate Scandal and enforced only sporadically for two decades, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has emerged as a potent and feared law enforcement tool. In recent years, U.S. authorities have zealously enforced the FCPA, seeking historically high fines for corporations and significant jail time for executives.

    The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement book covers all aspects of the FCPA. It methodically explains its stringent accounting and recordkeeping requirements, the practices for which corporations and individual officers and directors can be held civilly and criminally responsible, essential steps for compliance and mitigation of penalties, and other vital subjects.

    Identify the Red Flags of Foreign Corrupt Practices Risk

    When will American companies and their officers and directors be held responsible for the practices of non-U.S. subsidiaries? What constitutes "knowledge" and "corrupt intent"? How do the internal controls needed for compliance with the FCPA differ from those needed for compliance with other acts, such as Sarbanes-Oxley? This important new book answers these questions and many others.

    Topics include:

  • When the antibribery provisions apply, and the exceptions and affirmative defenses

  • Book- and recording-keeping procedures and internal controls required by the FCPA accounting provisions

  • Applicability of the FCPA to persons outside the United States

  • Civil and criminal liability of individuals

  • Key elements the DoJ and other regulators look for in evaluating an organization's compliance program

  • Due diligence, training, and contractual safeguards to minimize liability for improper acts by local representatives

  • DoJ's FCPA Opinion Procedure and the pros and cons of seeking an opinion

  • Liability for the pre- or post-acquisition conduct of an acquisition or investment target

  • Conducting effective FCPA internal investigations and how to disclose the findings

  • Multi-jurisdictional investigations, including gathering...
  • The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act