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DOJ Issues New FCPA Declination: Boston Consulting Group Pays $14.4 Million

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The Justice Department is encouraging companies to voluntarily disclose criminal violations — “Come in and confess” and DOJ offers promises of a declination.  But even a declination comes with a requirement — the company has...more

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Beyond Borders: Navigating Global Business Compliance with the FCPA

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On March 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new whistleblower reward program intended to help prosecutors bring more foreign corruption cases. Under the new program, individuals who report corporate misconduct...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2024

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2023

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 1 – Background

Last week, Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), a publicly traded specialty chemicals manufacturing company headquartered in North Carolina, agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department...more

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Albemarle Settles DOJ and SEC FCPA Cases for $218 Million (Part I of III)

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Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), a specialty chemicals manufacturing company located in Charlotte, North Carolina, agreed to pay more than $218 million to settle FCPA investigations with DOJ and the SEC stemming from...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for March 2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Corsa Coal Earns Declination and Agreed to Disgorge $1.2 Million

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The Justice Department has been pushing its voluntary self-disclosure program and changes to its Corporate Enforcement Policy, in an attempt to increase FCPA enforcement cooperation.  The Golden Ring for every company facing...more

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DOJ Expands Availability of Declinations with Disgorgement for Corporations that Self-Disclose Misconduct

Earlier this month, DOJ updated its Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP). Aimed at encouraging companies to voluntarily disclose unlawful conduct, the updated CEP gives greater opportunities to companies to avoid charges...more

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Catching Up with FCPA News

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DOJ closed out its FCPA enforcement year in 2022 with two significant settlements, the ABB and Honeywell cases.  Aside from these two big settlements, there was a flurry of other actions in the last quarter of 2022....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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Oracle Joins Ranks of FCPA Recidivists: Settles SEC Case for $23 Million (Part I of II)

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Oracle Corporation settled its second FCPA case in ten years.  Oracle agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries in Turkey, India and the United Arab Emirates maintained slush funds to bribe...more

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Tenaris Pays SEC $78 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations

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The SEC announced another FCPA settlement in 2022.  FCPA enforcement, in general, is picking up.  Tenaris, a global supplier of steel pipes and related services for the energy industry, agreed to pay the SEC $78 million to...more

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DOJ Issues Declination to Global Advertising Company Under FCPA Enforcement Policy

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The Justice Department continues its enforcement “silence” with no major corporate prosecutions announced this year.  It is an interesting question but it appears that the wheels have ground to a halt, with one major...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

1st FCPA Case Under Biden Offers Compliance Reminders

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The first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case under President Joe Biden's administration reinforces some well-known risks for companies subject to the FCPA — namely, increased U.S. and international enforcement and cooperation...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.19.2021 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group Finalize Merger to Form Auto Behemoth Stellantis NV

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Group completed their mega-auto-merger first agreed-to in late 2019, “creating Stellantis NV, a global auto-making giant that executives say will have the heft needed to compete in the...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Investment Bank To Pay Over $130 Million To Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Fraud Allegations

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Deutsche Bank to Pay Over $130 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Fraud Allegations - Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank) has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the government’s...more

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Vitol Pays $163.7 Million to Settle FCPA Case (Part I of III)

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The Justice Department continues to produce FCPA resolutions in a record year for enforcement.  The latest, and perhaps the beginning of several end-of-year and end of the Trump Administration resolutions, is DOJ’s settlement...more

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KT Sound Bytes Episode 1 | The Effects of the Supreme Court Decision in Liu v. SEC

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We're pleased to announce the launch of our podcast, KT Sound Bytes! Our first episode features Partner Adria Perez and Associate Jessica Nwokocha, with assistance from Summer Associate Davis Brooke Caswell, discussing the...more

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Voluntary Disclosure: Newsflash July 2020

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A government inquiry can result in serious consequences for a company or individual. Our new podcast series, Voluntary Disclosure—brought to you by the lawyers in our investigations, enforcement, and white collar practice—is...more

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DOJ and SEC Update FCPA Resource Guide for 2020 – What’s New and What Does It Mean?

On July 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated their 2012 joint guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) in the SEC and DOJ’s FCPA Resource Guide...more

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DOJ and SEC Release Second Edition of FCPA Resource Guide

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On July 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released the Second Edition of their Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “Resource Guide”). As...more

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FCPA 2019 Year in Review

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In the third year of the Trump Administration, the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") headlines were record corporate fines and penalties, and a banner year of individual FCPA enforcement highlighted by three DOJ...more

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Ericsson Agrees To Pay Over USD $1 Billion To Settle FCPA Charges

On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more

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