On March 6, 2020, a Connecticut federal judge sentenced former power company executive Lawrence Hoskins to 15 months’ imprisonment on money laundering charges, following his acquittal by the court the previous week on foreign...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
8/30/2016
/ Airlines ,
Alstom ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Malaysia ,
Mexico ,
Misappropriation ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Section 7 of UKBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Singapore ,
Sovereign Wealth Funds ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
7/29/2016
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Breach of Contract ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Japan ,
McDonnell v US ,
Medical Devices ,
Mexico ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
OECD ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Russia ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Yates Memorandum
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/28/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Convictions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
IRS ,
Scandals ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tax Deductions ,
Transparency ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
5/12/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Casinos ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Kickbacks ,
Panama Papers ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Securities Fraud ,
Self-Reporting ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
US v Yates ,
Venezuela ,
Young Lawyers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month, with links to primary...more
2/19/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Governor McDonnell ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Petrobras ,
Qualcomm ,
SCOTUS ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Spain ,
Transparency
On Aug. 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International Inc.) pled guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition to pleading...more
8/28/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Bribery ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Kickbacks ,
Panama ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
On August 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International, Inc.) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In addition to...more
8/18/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Subsidiaries
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month with links to primary...more
Following on the heels of its landmark 2014 ruling in United States v. Esquenazi, the Eleventh Circuit has issued another important decision addressing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a related case, United States...more
In a courtroom in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 19, 2014, Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), a storied Japanese trading company headquartered in Tokyo, pleaded guilty to an eight-count criminal information charging Marubeni...more