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Spotting and Mitigating Anticorruption Risk Ahead of 2026 World Cup

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History is rife with examples of corruption associated with major sporting events like the World Cup, which capture the attention of spectators and viewers around the globe. These events offer the chance for businesses and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for May 2019

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Awards Season and DOJ Look at International Sporting Events

One might have hoped that after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandals from 2015, both before and beyond, the world’s most popular sport might have worked to clean up its act more diligently....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Will the FCPA Go Down Under (again)?

We do not often have the chance to go ‘down under’ at the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. However, there is a case brewing that may have some Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) implications as well as Australian...more

BakerHostetler

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Like a Rolling Stone and Charitable Donations Under the FCPA

Today we celebrate one of the seminal achievements in rock and roll for it was on this day, 50 years ago, in 1965 that Bob Dylan recorded his single Like a Rolling Stone. Columbia Records executives initially rejected the...more

Estlund Law, P.A.

INTERPOL suspends FIFA donation funds, but what happens to the money now, and what happens to INTERPOL?

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Last week, I addressed INTERPOL’s listing of several individuals who are wanted for prosecution by the United States for FIFA-related financial crimes. That post is here. In light of those listings, RNLJ requested...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part IV – Corruption is a Global Scourge

Today, I conclude my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I responded that only the US government had the wherewithal and will to do so and that it continued the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part III – Corruption and US Companies

Today, I continue my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I wrote that only the US government had the wherewithal, tools and will to do so. Yesterday, I focused on corruption...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part II – Corruption Changes the Truth of the Game

Today, I continue my (now) four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. (I know I wrote that it would be a three-part series but as usual I got carried away when I started writing.) Yesterday, I...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FIFA and Good-Faith Investigations

You know things are getting bad when the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) questions a business’ moral authority. Things certainly cannot be much better when the regulators begin nosing around your own self-indulgence. What happens...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 77World Cup Report-Part VII, with Mike Brown

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, Mike Brown and I conclude our World Cup Report series. We continue our look at some of the compliance and ethics lessons from the recently concluded World Cup. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

In Due Diligence and World Cup Bids: Follow the Money

For those watching the 2104 World Cup, this year’s tournament has certainly been spectacular, from the US reaching the round of 16, the incredible goals scored by Robbie Van Persie and Tim Cahill, to yesterday’s heartbreak...more

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