Supply & Demand: New U.S. Law Provides FCPA Counterpoint by Targeting Foreign Public Officials for Bribery

White Collar Defense and Investigations attorneys Wifredo Ferrer, Marcelo Ovejero and Gary Klubok co-authored an article featured on Corporate Compliance Insights discussing the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). This article provides an in-depth examination of how FEPA, which mirrors the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), criminalizes demand-side foreign bribery by penalizing officials who solicit or accept bribes. The authors analyze how this new law expands protections for U.S. companies doing business abroad by enabling prosecution of foreign officials without having to prove other criminal offenses.

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