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DOJ Creates Presumption of Corporate Declination in FCPA Cases

By Kelly T. Currie, Stephen M. Byers & Paul M. Rosen on December 7, 2017
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On November 29th, the Department of Justice unveiled a revised Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcement policy that provides significant incentives for corporations to voluntarily self-disclose potential FCPA violations.

The new policy makes permanent many aspects of a pilot program started under the Obama Administration with one significant enhancement: a presumption of a corporate declination of criminal charges if a company voluntarily self-discloses misconduct and cooperates early and fully.

For more information, please see Crowell’s Client Alert.

For more information, contact: Kelly Currie, Stephen Byers, Paul Rosen, Alan W.H. Gourley, Cari Stinebower, Jared Engelking

Photo of Kelly T. Currie Kelly T. Currie

Kelly Currie is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s nationally-recognized White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and a member of the firm’s Investigations Practice.

He is a former federal prosecutor and an experienced trial lawyer who defends companies and individuals in government investigations…

Kelly Currie is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s nationally-recognized White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and a member of the firm’s Investigations Practice.

He is a former federal prosecutor and an experienced trial lawyer who defends companies and individuals in government investigations, white collar criminal defense matters, regulatory enforcement actions, and corporate internal investigations. Kelly has been recognized as a leader in the white collar and government investigations bar by Chambers USA. According to Chambers, he “brings a wealth of expertise handling all manner of domestic and cross-border criminal proceedings, as well as government and internal investigations.” “He is a terrific, talented attorney.” Kelly was also named as a top-rated white collar criminal defense attorney by The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers magazine.

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Photo of Stephen M. Byers Stephen M. Byers

Stephen M. Byers is a partner in the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and serves on the group’s steering committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Government Contracts Group and E-Discovery & Information Management Group. Mr. Byers’s practice involves…

Stephen M. Byers is a partner in the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement Group and serves on the group’s steering committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Government Contracts Group and E-Discovery & Information Management Group. Mr. Byers’s practice involves counseling and representation of corporate and individual clients in all phases of white collar criminal and related civil matters, including: internal corporate investigations; federal grand jury, inspector general, civil enforcement and congressional investigations; and trials and appeals.

Mr. Byers’s practice focuses on matters involving procurement fraud, health care fraud and abuse, trade secrets theft, foreign bribery, computer crimes and cybersecurity, and antitrust conspiracies. He has extensive experience with the federal False Claims Act and qui tam litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Economic Espionage Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In addition to defense of government investigations and prosecutions, Mr. Byers has represented corporate victims of trade secrets theft, cybercrime, and other offenses. For example, he represented a Fortune 100 U.S. company in parallel civil and criminal proceedings that resulted in a $275 million criminal restitution order against a foreign competitor upon its conviction for trade secrets theft.

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