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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

New Anti-Corruption Provisions in EU Legislation: Increased Accountability for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies

by Neil Gerrard, Miriam Gonzalez, Jonathan Pickworth | Dechert LLP on 4/11/2013

Large non-listed companies incorporated in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) which operate in the oil, gas and mining sectors will need to annually disclose any payments made to the national, regional or local authority of a...more

CFPOA Bribery Fine of $10.3 million Imposed on Canadian Company

by Matthew S. Kronby, Maureen Ward | Bennett Jones LLP on 1/29/2013

Griffiths Energy International Inc. (GEI) pleaded guilty on January 22, 2013, to one charge of bribing a foreign official contrary to the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). This is the third...more

Generator of Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits Found Guilty in Federal Court

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 6/26/2012

In the first ever criminal prosecution associated with fraudulently generating renewable fuel credits known as Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), on June 25, 2012, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of...more

Matthew Secomb Explains How Oil And Gas Companies Can Deal With The UK’s move against bribery and corruption, and the implications...

by White & Case LLP on 6/30/2011

Oil and gas companies do business in countries where bribery and corruption run rampant. Some of the most oil and gas-rich countries also find themselves at the bottom of Transparency International’s corruption perception...more

Anti-Corruption Laws & Compliance

by David Seide on 8/24/2010

This articles reviews recent anti-corruption efforts affecting energy and infrastructure companies, and discusses key elements associated with compliance programs....more