The US District Court for the Southern District of New York recently ordered Uriel Sharef, a former Siemens AG board member and German citizen accused of bribing Argentine government officials, to pay a $275,000 civil penalty...more
4/30/2013 - Bribery Civil Monetary Penalty FCPA Penalties SEC Settlement
In a case addressing an issue of first impression involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the US District Court for the Southern District of New York adopted an expansive interpretation of the statute’s interstate...more
2/26/2013 - Bribery Email FCPA Foreign Nationals Interstate Commerce SEC SEC v Straub Statute of Limitations Tolling
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York recently addressed whether the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) could reach a foreign executive of a non-US company. In contrast to the Straub case (see “SDNY...more
2/26/2013 - FCPA Foreign Defendants Personal Jurisdiction SEC SEC v Sharef Siemens
Frederic Bourke Jr. (Bourke) recently lost a second appeal stemming from his 2009 conviction for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). That conviction arose out of Bourke’s investment in a venture that sought a...more
12/6/2012 - FCPA
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