Part Two: FCPA cases closed by DOJ, SEC since January
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2025-11-24T21:19:00
Since the start of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has discreetly closed, or brought to an early end, several Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and resolutions. This second article in a two-part series is a continued analysis of FCPA case closures.
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