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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Corruption in China: Part 3 – Red Flags

I continue with the multi-part blog post series based upon the New York Times (NYT) article by Alexandra Stevenson and Sui-Lee Wee, entitled “Selling CT Scanners with Bricks of Bills in China”, which details allegations of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Corruption in China: Part 2 – The Bribery Schemes

After a sidetrack into the ethical train wreck detailed by the SEC Cease and Desist Order re: KPMG yesterday, I am returning to the blog post series I am running based upon the New York Times (NYT) reporting by Alexandra...more

The Volkov Law Group

GSK Settles SEC FCPA Case for $20 Million

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The SEC finished with the last nail in GSK China’s coffin by announcing a $20 FCPA million settlement for GSK’s violations in China. The Justice Department declined to prosecute this case. In 2014, a Chinese court...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Oscar Meyer Wiener Theme and Revisiting GSK in China

Last week a true American original died when Richard Trentlage passed away. If you do not know his name you certainly know signature contribution to American culture, the Oscar Meyer Weiner Song. Rather amazingly Trentlage...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Risk Logic’s Mastering Compliance in International Markets Conference

If you are in the Far East there is now a master conference centered around the top compliance practitioners in the region. Next month, from June 8-9, Compliance Risk Logic is putting on its a conference in Singapore,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 121-FCPA Year in Review, Part II

In this episode I review the two Opinion Releases, Esquenazi court decision, DOJ communications via speeches on FCPA enforcement. I end with a look at 2015. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Critiquing FCPA Enforcement and the GSK Domestic Corruption Conviction

Recently the FCPA Professor posted a blog, entitled “Look in the Mirror Moments”, in which he used written commentary by the US Secretary of the Treasury to the Chinese government about the Chinese governments anti-trust...more

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GSK China: Did Case Finish with a Bang or a Whimper?

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In typical Chinese fashion, the prosecution of GSK and several GSK executives ended after a one-day “trial.” GSK paid a $489 million fine; and four criminal sentences were handed out with suspension of jail time and orders of...more

Baker Donelson

China Amps Up Anti-Corruption Effort – What This Means for Your Company

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Last Friday, China’s 15-month-long bribery investigation into British multinational pharmaceutical GlaksoSmithKline (GSK) ended after a one-day trial in which the court found GSK’s local subsidiary guilty of bribing doctors...more

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China Bribery Crackdown Underscores the Need for Stronger Compliance Programs and Risk Assessments

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Recently, the Chinese government reported that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) would agree to pay almost $500 million in fines to settle allegations of bribery, and that some former GSK employees would receive prison sentences. While...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Lessons from GSK in China – Internal Controls, Auditing and Monitoring

One of the questions that GSK will have to face during the next few years of bribery and corruption investigations is how an allegedly massive bribery and corruption scheme occurred in its Chinese operations? The numbers went...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

GSK Convicted – We are really, really sorry we paid bribes (and got caught)

“GSK plc sincerely apologies to the Chinese patients, doctors and hospitals, and the Chinese Government and the Chinese people.” With those words, the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) PLC was...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 82, continued fallout from GSK in China

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report, I review the continued fallout from GSK in China. I discuss the trial of Mr and Mrs Humphreys and what it all means for the compliance practitioner going forward. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

What Can You Do When Risk Changes in a Third Party Relationship?

The GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) corruption matter in China continues to reverberate throughout the international business community, inside and outside China. The more I think about the related trial of Peter Humphrey and his...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Where to Now St. Peter? – Due Diligence Going Forward in China

Whatever you might think of where his career went, Elton John had some great early stuff. I still rank Tumbleweed Connection right up there as one of my favorite albums of all-time. And while it was packed with some great...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Nixon Announces Resignation; GSK Just Resigns

Next week, Shanghai’s No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court is scheduled to open a trial against Peter William Humphrey, a 58-year-old British national, and his wife, Yu Yingzeng, a 61-year-old American, on charges of illegally...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Looking Back on Johnny Winter and GSK’s 2001 China Bribery Scandal

Interestingly, there was an article in the Financial Times (FT) by Demetri Sevastopulo and Andrew Ward, entitled “GSK admits to 2001 Chinese bribery scandal”, which reported that the UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Warning all Foreign Companies in China: Don’t be the next GlaxoSmithKline

The fact that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been on China’s radar for bribery is nothing new – the Chinese authorities instituted an investigation against the company in July 2013. What is new is that GSK’s former Vice President...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

What Hath GSK Wrought? More Compliance Lessons From China

In an article, entitled “GSK China probe flags up wider worries”, in the Wednesday edition of the Financial Times (FT) reporters Andrew Jack and Patti Waldmeir discussed the ongoing bribery and corruption scandal involving...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Letter From China-Interview With Amy Sommers

Ed. Note-this article is one of a continuing series of interviews of thought leaders in FCPA, Bribery Act and anti-corruption/anti-bribery. In this blog post, I interview Amy Sommers, partner in the Shanghai office of K&L...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Joan Fontaine And The Evolution Of Compensation Issues In A Compliance Program

Compliance programs evolve just as the thinking on best practices has changed over the past few years. One of the areas that has not received as much attention in compliance programs is the amount of compensation paid to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Miami Dolphins-A Code Red For Compliance

Tom Cruise: Did you order a Code Red? Jack Nicolson: You’re G__D__ right I ordered a Code Red. The above lines were spoken in the movie version of “A Few Good Men”. If there was ever one scene which demonstrated...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Does Motive Matter In Anti-Bribery And Anti-Corruption Enforcement?

Do the intentions behind enforcement of domestic or international anti-corruption laws matter? Or is ‘the law the law’ and it really does not matter what a government’s motives are in enforcing laws that it has on the books....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 15-GSK in China: a Game Changer in Compliance

In this Episode 15, I am interviewed by Mary Flood about my recent eBook, GSK in China: a Game Changer in Compliance. I believe that this case will be one of the most significant international anti-corruption developments in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

1066 And All That: Why The International Fight Against Corruption?

If there is one event in history of Western Civilization which could be said to be a true turning point, today is the anniversary of one of the very top echelon. On this date in 1066, William the Conqueror defeated Harold II,...more

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