Episode 116 -- Alstom Executive Convicted of FCPA and Money Laundering Offenses
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 165-BHP FCPA Enforcement and Lessons Learned for the Compliance Practitioner
Bribery & Corruption in the Military. A Front-Line View (Part II)
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 130, The Oscars and Compliance, Part IV with Jay Rosen
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 122-with Matt Kelly on Alstom, Avon and Petrobras
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 121-FCPA Year in Review, Part II
Thinking Compliance When Protecting Your Ideas Internationally
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 66-Visit with the FCPA Professor
Fine Tuning Your Anti Corruption Compliance Program
The FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, Episode 3
Signed into law on December 22, 2023, the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) signals a further focus by the U.S. government on anti-corruption enforcement. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team...more
One of your employees working overseas emails you with great news – they’re about to close a $50 million sale with a new customer. They tell you everything looks great, but there’s just one thing. The local political party...more
The year 2020 witnessed a record level of $2.78 billion in corporate fines and penalties from enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and...more
Eddie Van Halen died yesterday. He is the first rocker, more or less, of my generation to die after the age of 60. He was also one of the greatest guitarists ever. Indeed, I would rank him as the best guitarist of his...more
We rarely have seen a single Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action generate so many individual criminal pleas. The Sargeant Marine Inc. (Sargeant Marine) case is an exception. To date, there have been six...more
On August 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released its first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Opinion (the “August 14 Opinion”) in six years, in response to a request from a multinational company...more
La Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero (“Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – FCPA”) prohíbe el pago de sobornos a funcionarios extranjeros para ayudar a obtener o retener negocios. Exige que las empresas cuyos valores se...more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits payment of bribes to foreign officials to assist with obtaining or retaining business. It requires companies whose securities are listed in the US to maintain books and...more
Barclays joined the club of global financial institutions settling FCPA violations for hiring of relatives of foreign officials in Asia. Barclays agreed to disgorge $3.8 million and paid prejudgment interest of nearly $1...more
Anti-Corruption enforcement is a top priority in France, the UK, and the US. Each of these countries has armed its enforcers with the enforcement tools necessary to investigate and prosecute corporations and individuals. Join...more
2017 marked the fortieth anniversary of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and showed continued robust enforcement against both individuals and companies by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities...more
Issue-Spotting and Compliance Best Practices - An understanding of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) provides a framework to consider how, when and why these...more
At the 34th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act held last week in Washington, D.C., industry executives, members of the defense bar, and regulators examined developments in the enforcement of the...more
New York-based hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (the “Hedge Fund”) agreed to pay approximately $412 million to resolve charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Department of...more
Busy Q1 Yields Several Significant FCPA Resolutions - Overview - On February 19, during the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) annual “SEC Speaks” conference, Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC’s FCPA...more
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Hitachi Ltd (Hitachi). There were several interesting aspects to...more
No Dog Days of August for the SEC—A Recap of a Busy Month - Why it matters: Who says there is a government slowdown in August? Not for the SEC. August 2015 turned out to be very busy indeed for the agency, which...more
Intuitively, Israeli companies and their directors would likely assume that their businesses are immune to investigation and the assessment of penalties by US regulators that are separated by a vast ocean and located more...more