In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and
compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most
important international anti-corruption developments from the past
month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: How will
the election of Joe Biden as president of the United States impact
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement? How busy was the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with FCPA-related
tips in 2020? How strong are foreign bribery enforcement efforts in
the United States and the Netherlands? The answers to these
questions and more are here in our November 2020 Top 10.
1. Joe Biden Elected President of the United
States. On November 3, 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr.
defeated incumbent Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential
election. When Trump was elected president in November
2016, we predicted that, despite his historical criticism of
the statute, FCPA enforcement likely would not change
