Matteson Ellis was quoted regarding Brazil's recently enacted anti-corruption law. Globally, companies are carefully interpreting the law and evaluating the impact it will have on their ethics and compliance efforts. Some lawyers suggest that the law will have a positive impact on managing internal policies. "Now, with Brazil's Clean Companies Act, multinational companies no longer implement their anti-corruption compliance policies on the ground in a vacuum," Ellis said. "They can point to local law requirements as well. This makes compliance in Brazil much easier to accomplish," he added.