FIFA seems to have changed its tune since the U.S. Justice Department announced the indictment of 14 high-ranking officials in May. FIFA has hired the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan to engage in, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, “the most far-reaching and thorough review in FIFA’s 111-year history” around allegations of bribery and corruption. A FIFA official was quoted as saying, “An essential component of our efforts is an internal investigation conducted by external counsel. This work is ongoing and therefore we will not comment further.”
