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Law Practice

Mar. 17, 2011

FCPA Oversight Drives Practice Changes

Increased federal enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has inspired seismic shifts and increased recruiting in white-collar practices across California.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Out of 39 lawyers in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP's West Coast white-collar practice, two-thirds devote time to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters. That's double what it was five years ago.


"We've always had relatively robust [FCPA] expertise as part of our white-collar practice," said Debra Wong Yang, the Los Angeles partner who co-chairs Gibson Dunn's white-collar def...

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