The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was created in 2011 to bring governments and civil society leaders together to “promote transparent, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance,” through advancing national and local level policy reforms. Since then, the issues impacting transparency and good governance have expanded dramatically. To understand how the OGP and its members (currently 74 countries and 150 local governments) are approaching new challenges...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed not to prosecute Liberty Mutual Insurance Company despite evidence that its subsidiary paid nearly $1.5 million in bribes to officers of six state-owned banks in India. As part of the declination agreement, Liberty Mutual enhanced its compliance program, and agreed to disgorge profits.

Since the February 2025 Executive Order pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), businesses, lawyers and the anti-corruption community awaited the outcome of the planned 180-day review. On June 9, we received some idea about what lies ahead, as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released the memorandum Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act.

In early February, the US Department of Justice announced it was temporarily pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement and adjusting future FCPA enforcement to prioritize Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations.

The Trump administration issued an executive order (EO) pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to prioritize...

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi scaled back enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a law whose purpose..