The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently instituted proceedings against Deere & Company (“John Deere”), a leading global manufacturer of agricultural and heavy machinery, for multiple violations of the...more
9/12/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Internal Controls ,
John Deere ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statutory Violations ,
White Collar Crimes
According to the terms of a superseding information made public by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on or about February 13, 2024, Mauricio Gomez Baez (“Baez”)—a former Stericycle executive for...more
On December 14, 2023, Congress passed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (“FEPA”) in an effort to address certain deficiencies inherent in the current iteration of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), as part of the...more
1/9/2024
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
FEPA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
NDAA ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
White Collar Crimes
As we have repeatedly noted in the context of other blog posts and webinars in which various representatives of The Volkov Law Group have participated, the violation of existing U.S. sanctions and export control regulations...more
12/8/2023
/ Compliance ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Failure to Comply ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Semiconductors ,
Ukraine