Please forgive the mixed tenses in the title but I have been thinking about what the Wal-Mart anti-corruption matter might mean at the end of the day.

This has been interesting commentary about where the Wal-Mart FCPA corruption scandal may be heading. There was one side, led by the New York Times and it Pulitzer Prize winning reporting that the company engaged in bribery and corruption in Mexico. There was another side, led by the Wall Street Journal, which said basically there was no substantive evidence of bribery and corruption turned up around the companyโ€™s Mexico operations, although there were perhaps other countries where the company might have some issues, such as India.

Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in...