DOJ Issues New Guidelines On FCPA Enforcement

On June 9, 2025, DOJ announced new guidelines for the investigation and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Head of DOJ's Criminal Division also provided additional context for the guidelines and spoke about other developments and policies of the Criminal Division in his June 10, 2025 remarks.

On June 9, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued the Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Guidelines). These Guidelines were issued in response to President Trump's February 10, 2025 Executive Order titled Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security, which paused FCPA enforcement pending the release of this new guidance(see our previous update on the Executive Order here). Matthew Galeotti, the Head of DOJ's Criminal Division, which oversees DOJ's FCPA enforcement, provided some additional context for the Guidelines during remarks on June 10 at