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Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: A Bleak Report Card for the Global Fight Against Corruption with Asia Pacific Being No...

On January 30, 2024, Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2023. The 2023 CPI suggests there has been limited progress in the global fight against corruption, with TI...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

High-Profile FCPA Prosecution Reflects: Government Can Lose on Lead Corruption Charges But Still Win on Related Money Laundering...

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The District of Connecticut recently vacated a defendant’s convictions at trial for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) — but declined to similarly vacate his related money laundering convictions. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court Reverses Foreign National’s FCPA Conviction, Setting a High Bar to Establish an Agency Relationship

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A ruling issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Connecticut federal court details the type of control necessary to find that a foreign national acted as an agent of a U.S. domestic concern for purposes of falling within the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Three Former Executives from Alstom and Marubeni Charged with Criminal FCPA Violations in Indonesia

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In its continuing aggressive FCPA criminal enforcement program, DOJ announced the indictment of two former Alstom executives and a former Marubeni executive with FCPA violations arising from a bribery scheme in Indonesia....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 3 – The Bribery Schemes

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Billion Dollar Baby: Ericsson FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 5: Lessons Learned for the Compliance Professional

Last week the Justice Department (DOJ) announced a resolution of the long standing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson), a multinational networking and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Billion Dollar Baby: Ericsson FCPA Enforcement Action - Part 4: The Double Whammy in Penalties

Last week the Justice Department (DOJ) announced a resolution of the long standing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson), a multinational networking and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Billion Dollar Baby: Ericsson FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 3: Internal Control Failures

Last week the Justice Department (DOJ) announced a resolution of the long standing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson), a multinational networking and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Ericsson’s Pervasive Bribery Conduct: The Toxic Mix of Senior Executive Involvement and Third Party Corruption (Part II of II)

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Ericsson’s FCPA settlement is in the books (not the books and records).  But it casts a significant shadow across the FCPA landscape.  A pervasive and systemic culture of bribery is defined to reflect senior executive...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Billion Dollar Baby: Ericsson FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 2: The Bribery Schemes

Last week the Justice Department (DOJ) announced a resolution of the long stand Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson), a multinational networking and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Former Alstom Executive Convicted of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges on Agency Theory

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Lawrence Hoskins, a British citizen and former employee of French conglomerate Alstom SA, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Connecticut of 11 of 12 criminal charges, including six counts of violating the United...more

The Volkov Law Group

Alstom Executive Convicted on FCPA and Money Laundering Violations

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Lawrence Hoskins, a UK citizen and former Alstom executive, was convicted last Friday on 11 of 12 counts for his role in a bribery scheme involving Indonesian officials....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 329, James Koukios

Today I have back with me James Koukios, partner and Morrison Foerster on the firm's March 2017 report on the Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for the month. We highlight the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

General Cable FCPA Enforcement Action – Part I: The Bribery Schemes

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued their stunning run of 2016 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions right up to the end of the year with the announcement...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The End of an Era and the End of Facilitation Payments?

Two famous New Yorkers died this week. Both spoke to not only to the glamour of the Big Apple, but the city’s once undisputed crown as the cultural mecca of the US. They were Allie Sherman and Bess Myerson....more

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