In recent years, the SEC and DOJ have launched multiple anti-corruption investigations relating to corporate hospitality during major sporting events, such as the Olympics and the World Cup.  While anti-corruption laws do not generally prohibit travel, gifts or entertainment of customers for legitimate business purposes, the line between a bona fide business expense and one that might attract scrutiny from U.S. and other regulators can be grey.  In advance of this week’s Olympics in Sochi, Russia and the upcoming World Cup in Brazil, Kimberly A. Parker, Jay Holtmeier, Erin G.H. Sloane, Daniel F. Schubert, partners at WilmerHale, provide nine recommendations to help companies mitigate possible anti-corruption risk attendant to this type of corporate hospitality.  See also “Ten Strategies for Paying for Government Clients to Attend the Olympics or Other Sporting Events without Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” (Jun. 6, 2012).