Vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws around the world will remain a significant area of focus for U.S. prosecutors and foreign prosecutors alike in 2015.
At a global level, legal experts say, civil and criminal penalties for anti-corruption violations are on the rise; the Justice Department has plenty of prosecutors and resources; and this all comes at a time while several significant FCPA cases remain to be resolved. “We’re not really seeing a let-up in enforcement,” says Matteson Ellis, special counsel with law firm Miller Chevalier.
