Top DOJ and SEC Officials Discuss FCPA Enforcement Priorities and Mechanics

At this year’s Momentum Global Anti-Corruption Congress, Charles Cain, Deputy Chief of the SEC’s FCPA Unit and Jeffrey H. Knox, Chief of the Fraud Section of the DOJ, Criminal Division, lifted the veil on the government’s thinking in FCPA investigations.  The discussion, led by David H. Resnicoff, a member at Miller & Chevalier, covered a range of topics on the minds of FCPA practitioners and compliance officers, including the timing of voluntary self-disclosures, the kinds of cases the government may decline to pursue, effective cooperation with FCPA investigations, the role of audit committees in compliance strategies and the programmatic success of the FCPA Guidance released in 2012.  See “When Should a Company Voluntarily Disclose an FCPA Investigation?” (Feb. 19, 2014); and “DOJ and SEC Officials Provide Candid Insight into the Recently Issued FCPA Guidance,” (Nov. 28, 2012).

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