Investigations, Enforcement, & Compliance Alerts

On November 26, 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”) updated its anti-bribery recommendation for the first time in more than a decade. More than 44 countries have ratified the OECD’s 1997 Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “Convention”), which establishes standards that signatories must meet and steps they must take to combat global corruption.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced on October 28, 2021, that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has adopted major changes to its policies regarding corporate criminal investigations and resolutions.

On September 13, 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a new set of principles and “implementation actions” governing monitors tasked with overseeing reforms required under settlement agreements between the United States and state and local governmental entities, and/or related consent decrees.