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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Practical Implications of the Department of Justice’s M&A Safe Harbor Policy

In early October 2023, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a “new” (but not new) Department of Justice (DoJ) policy intended to incentivize acquiring companies to voluntarily self-disclose criminal misconduct...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2024 Regulatory, Compliance, and Enforcement Predictions for Life Sciences Companies

The year 2023 was a busy one for regulatory, compliance, and enforcement developments in the healthcare and life sciences industries, and 2024 promises to be even busier. We tapped MoFo’s Life Sciences + Healthcare Compliance...more

Morgan Lewis

US Government Enforcement: Focus on Asian Life Sciences Companies

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has shown increased interest in enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the life sciences sector. The FCPA prohibits the payment of any kind of bribe, kickback, or thing of...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 18th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 10th - 11th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 18th Annual Conference on the FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - July 21st - 22nd, Boston, MA

ACI is excited to welcome you back in-person to the 14th Advanced Forum on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry, taking place on July 21–22, 2022 in Boston! Legal and compliance professionals from...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Ongoing Program] 2021 Life Sciences Bootcamp Series - Enforcement Trends and FCPA - May 4th, 11:00 am ET

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Life sciences organizations have become some of the world’s most watched businesses and the industry as a whole is facing heightened scrutiny in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The transactional and regulatory issues as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - April 14th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT

Virtual Forum on the FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry will take place on April 14, 2021 (Eastern Daylight Time). This is the only practical, comprehensive anti-corruption event that is truly tailored to...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Beware Sponsored Events and Honoraria: A FCPA Trap for the Unwary

Under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), foreign health care professionals (“HCPs”) are considered “foreign officials” for purposes of the statute’s antibribery prohibitions and recordkeeping requirements. Most...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Novartis’ Simultaneous Settlements Break Records

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) has started July with significant settlements, putting two different fraud and abuse matters behind them. In what has been identified as the largest settlement of an...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis US Corruption Settlements: Part 3 – Compliance Failures

I have written extensively about the Novartis International AG (Novartis) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement, which was announced in late June. However, the enforcement action paled next to the Stipulation and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis US Corruption Settlements: Part 1 – Introduction

I have written extensively about the Novartis International AG (Novartis) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement, which was announced in late June. However, the enforcement action paled next to the Stipulation and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Data Analytics and Lessons Learned

This blog post will close my review of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Fines, Penalties and the Cost of Recidivism

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Novartis and Alcon FCPA Enforcement Action: Lessons Learned (Part III of III)

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At the outset, Novartis is “lucky” – the settlement is relatively positive, despite its 2016 SEC enforcement action in China.  Given Novartis weak culture of compliance (if anything, a better description may be a culture of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: Internal Controls

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Novartis and Alcon: A Review of Bribery and Accounting Violations (Part II of III)

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Novartis and Alcon engaged in separate but significant bribery schemes.  Considering the fact that Novartis had a similar violation in 2016 in China involving much of the same conduct, Novartis’ conduct reflects a weak...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis FCPA Enforcement Action: The Bribery Schemes

This week I am reviewing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, its Greek subsidiary Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece) and Alcon Pte Ltd.,...more

King & Spalding

General Counsels Decision Tree for Investigations of Life Sciences Companies

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Manufacturers and distributors of health care products, including pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics regularly face challenges that may require an internal investigation to determine the root cause of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Seventh Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

Panelists examined major enforcement actions from 2017 and identified key trends. Aggressive Enforcement With a Decrease in High-Dollar Settlements. Panelists noted that the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues its...more

Hogan Lovells

Why Healthcare and Life Sciences Companies Need to Step Up Their Compliance Efforts in Advance of a U.S. Government Investigation

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Gejaa Gobena discusses how the perception of compliance, remediation, and self-disclosure has evolved in the eyes of government prosecutors from how they factor at...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - June 2016

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Highway 61 Revisited-Tombstone Blues and Corporate Integrity Agreements

I conclude my tribute to my favorite Bob Dylan album, Highway 61 Revisited with a look at the most surreal song on the disc, Tombstone Blues. I want to use it to contrast the most excellent article that appears today as a...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Life Sciences Industry Grapples With Increasing FCPA Enforcement Activity

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Doug Greenburg is a partner at Latham & Watkins and a Vice Chair of the global Litigation Department. His practice focuses on internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, and US Securities and Exchange...more

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