FCPA Compliance � The Devil Is in the Details...and in the Due Diligence!

The potential opportunities and financial rewards associated with expansion into new foreign markets can seem limitless. However, jumping into the global marketplace also brings with it new challenges and pitfalls that extend well beyond compliance with export and import clearance formalities. As corruption in international business is commonplace and even rampant in many parts of the world, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) was enacted to prohibit U.S. persons and companies from making corrupt payments to foreign officials in an effort to influence their actions or secure an improper business advantage.

The FCPA also contains provisions that prohibit publicly traded companies from maintaining false or inaccurate records and failing to implement formal accounting controls. The FCPA impacts every U.S. company that is operating overseas, as well as their officers, directors, employees, agents and foreign affiliates. In recent years, enforcement of the FCPA against individuals and corporations alike has increased dramatically, resulting in severe fines and even prison sentences.

This webinar is intended to give executives and personnel in marketing, sales, finance, legal and auditing functions a thorough understanding of the FCPA as well as the ability to identify red flags and implement effective strategies for FCPA compliance, including the adoption of core internal controls and due diligence processes. Specifically, we will tackle these topics and more:

• Overview of the FCPA’s Anti-Bribery and Accounting Provisions
• Who Is Subject to the FCPA?
• Prohibited Activities
• Exceptions and Affirmative Defenses
• Facilitating or Expediting Payments
• Basis of Civil and Criminal Liability under the FCPA
• Liability for Actions by Foreign Subsidiaries, Agents and Employees
• Understanding the Books and Records Provision
• Complying with the Internal Controls Provision
• Data Privacy Concerns
• FCPA vs. 2010 UK Bribery Act
• Consequences of Non-Compliance, Trends in Enforcement & Lessons Learned
• Best Practices for FCPA Compliance

Our “FCPA Compliance – The Devil Is in the Details…and the Due Diligence” Webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include live video and commentary from Melissa Proctor, a Shareholder with the law firm of Polsinelli, P.C. For more than 18 years, Melissa has advised companies on a wide array of issues involving compliance with customs, export, and anti-bribery/anti-corruption laws and regulations, as well as embargoes and economic sanctions programs. Webinar participants are invited to submit questions during the webinar, the final 30 minutes of the webinar will be allotted to answering attendees' questions.

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