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ARTICLE · 23 AUGUST 2018

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments For July 2018

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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...

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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: Who will lead the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)? What FCPA enforcement action was dismissed as time-barred under recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent? Which offshore oil and gas company resolved corruption allegations with Brazilian authorities? The answers to these questions and more are here in our July 2018 Top Ten list.

1. New Assistant Attorney General for DOJ Criminal Division Confirmed. On July 11, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Senate confirmation of Brian Allen Benczkowski as the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Criminal Division. Because criminal enforcement of the FCPA resides exclusively with the Criminal Division's Fraud Section, this confirmation is

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