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DOJ to Expand FCPA Division
By Brian Monroe
printThe U.S. Justice Department plans to grow its staff of less than 10 prosecutors specializing in cases tied to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to 15 or more, a spokeswoman confirmed. Plans to grow the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) division were originally mentioned in a speech by Mark Mendelsohn, deputy chief of the fraud section's criminal division, according to a story in Corporate Counsel, a publication of law.com. FCPA is a "growth area for DOJ," said Sharie Brown, chair of the FCPA practice in the Washington, D.C. office of DLA Piper. More countries are crafting anti-corruption laws and...
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