Justice
FCPA enforcement review orderedPause foreign-bribery enforcement for a competitiveness review
The anti-bribery program is being assessed for its effect on doing business.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Justice Department
- Status
- FCPA enforcement review ordered
- Due
- 180-day review, with potential extension
- Paying for it
- Justice Department enforcement and company compliance budgets
Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.
ACTIVITY
Record dateJustice opened the enforcement review.
We have a Competitiveness Problem, I want it LOOKED AT!
Compliance asked whether the law had changed. Legal confirmed the statute remains.
Our Companies go overseas, everybody explains why they can't do anything, I know some very successful Companies..... they shouldn't need a Lawyer for every Handshake!
Sales requested the answer in writing before updating the expense policy.
Pause is PAUSE, don't tell them I rewrote the whole Law.
PUBLIC RECORD
Executive Order 14209, signed February 10, 2025: Directed a 180-day review of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement and a pause on initiating new investigations or enforcement actions during the review, subject to attorney-general exceptions. It did not repeal the statute.