By Zack Harmon and Amelia R. Medina, King & Spalding LLP I.Introduction In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) have embraced the use of so-called “industry sweeps” as an enforcement tool against suspected violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – Anti-corruption laws have major impact on corporate compliance, fraud, bribery, corruption remain key challenges for India and more.
We’ve put together a series of presentations to illustrate a collaboration report between Kroll and Compliance Week on 2014 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking. Our first presentation concentrates on risks.
Expert Guest Entry by Asheesh Goel, Mr. Goel will be speaking at ACI’s FCPA Boot Camp in Chicago The last few years have seen quite a bit of commentary on rise in enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other related U.S. laws. The gist of most of the commentary can be summed up…
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – UK fraud office probes GSK after claims of foreign bribery, whistleblower collects $1.7 million in Medtronic kickback settlement and more.
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – Eleventh Circuit defines “instrumentality” broadly under the FCPA, Ex- Deloitte risk officer borrowed chips from casino audit client and more.
Expert Guest Entry by Kathleen Hamann and David Courchaine, Originally published on WhiteCase.com/Alert The variety of charges recently brought by the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit against former Bechtel executive Asem Elgawhary signals that the DOJ is not only pursuing improper payments to foreign officials, but also company executives who solicit…
Expert Guest Entry by Kathleen Hamann and Ryan Brady, Originally published on WhiteCase.com/Alert On February 3, 2014, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a default judgment in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sharef, et al. against two former Siemens AG executives, Ulrich Bock and Stephan…
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – this week’s update includes the SEC expansion on bank hiring probe, China’s aggressive enforcement of domestic corruption laws and more.
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – this week’s update includes Avon’s bribery probe, U.K’s manufacturing grows more than forecast on exports and more.
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – this week’s update includes Qualcomm’s bribery allegations, SEC claims a lack of internal control led to HP paying more than $108 Million to settle FCPA actions and more.
Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – this week’s update includes Citibank’s second Mexico fraud, implementing compliance incentives in your company and more.
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