The Supreme Court of the United States held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, overruling long-standing precedent in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood...more
A recent Fifth Circuit decision, United States v. Nora,1 reversed a clerical employee’s convictions for conspiring to commit health care fraud, conspiring to pay or receive illegal health care kickbacks, and aiding and...more
On July 3, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the Second Edition of their joint Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Resource Guide or Guide). ...more
A ruling issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Connecticut federal court details the type of control necessary to find that a foreign national acted as an agent of a U.S. domestic concern for purposes of falling within the...more
Last week, a jury found a former executive of a French multinational company guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with alleged bribery in Indonesia....more
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
On August 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that announced a new and important limitation on the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....more
Welcome to the third issue of Focus on China Compliance for 2015. According to the FCPA Blog’s October 2015 Corporate Investigations List, China leads the countries reported to be involved in FCPA investigations with 29...more