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James Tillen Discusses Halt on FCPA Enforcement in Wall Street Journal

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"DOJ Cites Trump Order to Put Cognizant Execs Bribery Trial on Hold"

Wall Street Journal

In this article, James Tillen discussed President Trump's executive order (E.O.) pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and recommended corporations maintain compliance programs to avoid corruption risk. "FCPA enforcement could resume at any point and… having effective anticorruption controls is good for business," Tillen said. "It helps reduce fraud and waste, in addition to preventing corruption."