Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at how the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act grew into a major Big Law practice, and what may happen now that new investigations are paused. Sign up for Business & Practice, a free morning newsletter from Bloomberg Law.
President Donald Trump’s executive order halting investigations into foreign bribery scandals has the potential to disrupt a major business for Big Law firms.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has, in just a couple of decades, become a huge revenue driver for many law firms. The law ...