Recently several events from our nation’s capital regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act caught my attention. The first was a series of questions posed to attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch by the junior senator from Texas, Ted Cruz. The second was the announcement that Andrew Weissmann rejoined the Department of Justice as chief of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.

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...