Within the last decade there has been a concerted effort from a number of sources to control the pervasive and persistent problem of corruption among the international business community. Corruption undermines democracy and development, fundamentally distorts public policy, discourages...

The U.S. stood alone in its anti-bribery legislation from 1977 when the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) was initially passed until the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”) adopted the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in...