FCPA Attorney Lands Book Deal After 10-Year ‘Labor of Love’ History of FCPA yields CCI PRESS NEWS: BRIBERY BEYOND BORDERS
their crimes and the investigative journalists, law enforcement officials and Congressmen responsible for revealing them. This rich narrative takes place against a larger, historical backdrop of the Cold War and the American public’s unease in the 1970s with the role large companies increasingly played in shaping global politics. The book both educates and entertains, recognizing and celebrating those who overcame significant obstacles in bringing the FCPA to life, while illustrating how the statute and its legacy fit in American legal history and anti- corruption jurisprudence more specifically. “Understanding how history continues to shape the FCPA is not only helpful to understanding why corruption persists, but opens the door to new legal theories for combating cross-border corruption in other contexts,” Wirz said. “Ultimately, I want readers to understand how the history behind the statute still matters today, both in how we interpret its meaning and how we think about its application around the world.”
what little has been written about it is often wrong,” Wirz said. “So it’s really my own interest in the subject matter and the need to set the record straight that drove me to visit historical archives and speak with former investigative journalists, congressional staffers, SEC commissioners and enforcement officials, all of whom helped to paint for me a fuller picture of what really happened.” The FCPA is a timely topic, considering the law is approaching its 50th anniversary, but that’s not the only reason the imprint snapped up this manuscript, said CCI Press publisher Sarah Hadden: “It’s honestly a page-turner. Wirz is an FCPA expert, but he’s also a storyteller at heart, and the reader is pulled in from the very first page.” Many of those interviewed by the author have since passed away, leaving behind a story involving corruption at the highest levels of government, both in the United States and abroad. In retelling their story, the book unfolds through a tightly wound plot of cat and mouse between the multinationals seeking to cover up
compelling tale of scandal and intrigue; set to publish in ’25 Staff Reports CCI Press has acquired world rights to Severin Wirz’s “Bribery
Beyond Borders: The Story of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.” Scheduled for
release in early 2025, the book unfolds in gripping detail, taking readers back to the turbulent decade of the 1970s, into the hallways of Congress and behind the closed-door dealings of corporate boardrooms to unearth the statute’s largely forgotten past. Wirz, a practicing attorney with more than 15 years of experience helping multinational companies comply with the FCPA and other cross border anti-corruption laws, spent more than 10 years researching the FCPA, tracking down key witnesses, gathering archival, congressional and presidential records, and collecting unpublished books and out-of- print news articles. “Shockingly, much of this history has been largely ignored, and WIRZ
Author Severin Wirz and CCI Press Publisher Sarah Hadden talk about Wirz’s forthcoming “Bribery Beyond Borders: The Story of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” the next offering from CCI Press.
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