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Former Aide to Madagascan President Sentenced for Soliciting Bribes From UK-Based Company

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The sentencing of Romy Andrianarisoa, the first ever foreign public official to be convicted under the Bribery Act 2010, provides important takeaways. On 10 May 2024, Romy Andrianarisoa was sentenced to three-and-a-half...more

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The Lines Are Open! DOJ Adds New Tool in Anticorruption Efforts With Whistleblower Pilot Program

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Building on the recent passage of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), at the American Bar Association’s 2024 National Institute on White Collar Crime conference in San Francisco earlier this month (2024 ABA...more

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Former Stericyle Official Charged in Foreign Bribery Scheme

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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

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New Guidance for Dutch Prosecutor on the Investigation and Prosecution of Foreign Corruption

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On October 1, 2020, the new Instruction on the Investigation and Prosecution of Foreign Corruption for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service ("DPPS") entered into force, indicating certain factors that play a role in...more

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UPDATE: Trial Court Overturns Former Alstom Executive’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Convictions

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Former Alstom SA executive Lawrence Hoskins’s jury convictions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) were set aside on February 26, 2020, by Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the United States District Court for the...more

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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

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Airbus FCPA Settlement: Review of Airbus Bribery Scheme (Part II of IV)

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Almost every FCPA enforcement action contains important lessons learned in unraveling a bribery scheme.  Airbus has three broad divisions: (1) Commercial Division; (2) Defense & Space Division; and (3) Helicopters...more

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Instituciones Financieras y el FCPA

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

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Financial Institutions and the FCPA

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

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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

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Second Circuit Declines to Limit FCPA's Scope

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The Second Circuit’s decision in United States v. Ng Lap Seng is a win for the government, because it reinforces the broad reach and scope of the Justice Department’s enforcement of the FCPA. When adopting and implementing an...more

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Lessons Learned and Trends from MTS FCPA Enforcement Action and Criminal Indictment of Karimova and Akhmedov (Part III of III)

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The MTS FCPA enforcement action stands as one of several significant prosecutions in FCPA history. The breadth and depth of MTS’ corruption scheme stands as another example of systemic bribery cultures. The details of the...more

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Anatomy of MTS, Karimova and Akhmedov Bribery Scheme in Uzbekistan (Part II of III)

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The MTS bribery scandal in Uzbekistan represents the culmination of several significant FCPA violations involving VimpelCom, Telia Sonera, MTS, and Gulnara Karimova, the notoriously corrupt daughter of the former Uzbek...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer - Fall 2018

Conspiracy and Aiding-and-Abetting Charges Cannot Expand Territorial Reach of the FCPA to a Non-US Defendant Who Otherwise Would Not Be Liable for His Ex-US Conduct - United States v. Hoskins, US Court of Appeals for the...more

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The FCPA and Foreign Nationals

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Despite the fact that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been in force for decades there is relatively little case law interpreting its provisions. A great deal of the existing interpretation of the Act stems from...more

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Justice Department Closes Out 2017 with 2 FCPA Actions: Keppel Offshore and Marine and Embraer Individual

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The Department of Justice finished 2017 with two significant FCPA enforcement actions, and fittingly, one was a corporate settlement and another was an individual criminal guilty plea. The Justice Department’s final FCPA...more

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T’Was the Week After Christmas: General Cable and Mexico Aviation FCPA Prosecutions

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You know this has been a big year in FCPA enforcement when DOJ and the SEC announce two FCPA settlements during the usually sleepy week between Christmas and New Years. And what a year it has been – more to follow in my...more

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If I could turn back prosecutorial time...

The case of R v AIL, GH and RH, one of the first the Court of Appeal has considered in 2016, is an interesting one from the perspective of all white-collar crime practitioners. The Court of Appeal had to consider whether it...more

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