This program originally aired on July 24, 2025. Please note that this program recording is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.

In a fast shifting and disruptive enforcement landscape, laws affecting interactions with foreign companies and governments present unprecedented compliance risks and burdens for the unwary. The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (“FARA”) remains a sweeping, vague statute, for which the application even to U.S. companies can often be threatening and unclear, particularly in the face of the proliferation of similar legislation by other jurisdictions around the world. Similarly, companies attempting to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), which has historically been one of the areas of most aggressive corporate criminal enforcement, are now operating in an environment of unprecedented uncertainty. Recent DOJ guidance on the enforcement of both laws and a recent Presidential directive regarding review of FCPA enforcement have created significant ambiguities as to the fate of ongoing investigations and enforcement, potentially fundamentally altering the compliance and voluntary disclosure calculus - in some surprising ways. Learn how these laws work, and how recent developments will affect enforcement and compliance practices.

Presented by:

Caroline Leary
COO & General Counsel
Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Jamie Schafer
Partner, White Collar & Investigations
Perkins Coie

Brian Svoboda
Partner, Political Law
Perkins Coie