Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Gunvor FCPA Settlement
Episode 307 -- Sanctions Enforcement Review and Predictions for 2024
Episode 300 -- Deep Dive into DOJ FCPA Settlement with Two U.K. Reinsurance Companies for Bribery in Ecuador
Episode 296 -- Deep Dive into Clear Channels SEC Settlement of FCPA Violations
Episode 294 -- Catch Up on OFAC Enforcement: 3M and Emigrant Bank
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network: An In-Depth Conversation
Season 2 - Episode 2 - A Whistleblowers Nightmare: The Uncovering of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Scandal
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Varsity Blues Reversals Turn DOJ Red
Corruption, Crime, and Compliance - The Ericsson FCPA DPA Breach Settlement
Episode 258 -- Deep Dive into ABB FCPA Settlement
Corruption Crime & Compliance - Deep Dive into the ABB FCPA Case
Life with GDPR - The ABB Enforcement Action from a UK Perspective
The Corruption Files - Episode 15 - The ABB Settlement
The Line Between Gift Giving and Bribery
The Corruption Files - Episode 14 - Walmart with Tom Fox and Michael DeBernardis
Compliance Into The Weeds - Lafarge and the Cost of Moral Bankruptcy
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 21: "Interview with Drago Kos of the OECD Working Group on Bribery"
The Justice Insiders: FIFA Corruption Trial – Will the Feds Score Another Goal?
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 5 - Doing Business Overseas: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Last week, Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the...more
This week I am mining the guilty pleas of the former Unaoil Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cyrus Ahsani, and former Chief Operations Officer (COO), Saman Ahsani, for what they might mean for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
Sometimes you have to wonder if companies ever have figured out that they need to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by putting in place a compliance program that actually works. ...more
A basic compliance program control, which is often overlooked (or assumed to exist), is the requirement that a chief compliance officer and/or chief legal officer have the authority to stop a specific contract or business...more
The SEC announced last week a $5 million FCPA settlement with Vantage Drilling International (“Vantage”), a Texas-based offshore drilling company. ...more
We continue our Hunter S. Thompson themed week in honor of Michael Cohen and his Essential Consulting LLC entity. Today we honor Thompson’s alter ego Uncle Duke. For those who might not know just who Uncle Duke might be, you...more
We continue our Hunter S. Thompson themed week in honor of Michael Cohen and his Essential Consulting LLC entity and his work which he sardonically named “Project Sunlight”. There may not be a finer example of full Gonzo...more
I hope you were able to check out the first ever Compliance Into The Weeds emergency podcast, where Matt Kelly and myself took a look at some of the initial information which came out about the payments to the president’s...more
The first FCPA enforcement action for 2017 landed with very little fanfare. The SEC reached a settlement with Mondelez International for $13 million. The facts surround the hiring of an agent in India and the failure of...more
This week I have been exploring the General Cable Corporation (General Cable) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. It was settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) via a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA)...more
What was one of the most tragic events in the history of rock and roll? High up on the list must rank the Altamont concert, held at Altamont Race Track on December 6, 1969. It was so bad that many people felt the 60s actually...more
Today, I continue my exploration of doing business in Cuba from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) perspective. Yesterday, I made clear that anyone you do business with in Cuba is going to be a foreign official under...more
I have to confess – I love the show Shark Tank. Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O’Leary, is my favorite Shark. Mr. Wonderful often reminds the contestants and other Sharks that the central issue in considering business proposals is –...more
On July 17, 2015, Louis Berger International, Inc., a New Jersey-based construction management company, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Department of Justice under which it agreed to pay a $17.1...more
This episode 30 is Part 2 of my interview with the FCPA Professor. ...more