New FCPA Guidance... Coming Right Up!

[WSJ Law Blog]

The Justice Department is planning to release detailed guidance on the FCPA.



The Justice Department is planning to release “detailed new guidance on the Act’s criminal and civil enforcement provisions” in 2012, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said Tuesday at the National Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. in Washington, D.C., according to these prepared remarks.

Breuer (pictured) said he hoped the guidance would amount to “a useful and transparent aid.” He gave no further details, but the announcement by itself is likely to cause a stir.

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