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The Department of Justice Surges Funds to Target Corporate Officers

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco was unequivocal in announcing the Department of Justices’s new enforcement priorities: the agency will be increasing scrutiny over corporations, their employees and, in particular, their...more

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Foreign Executive’s FCPA Convictions Overturned

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District Court Finds Insufficient Evidence That He Acted As Agent of U.S. Subsidiary - Background - On February 26, 2020, a federal judge in Connecticut granted in part the motion for acquittal of a former senior executive...more

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Former Alstom Executive Convicted of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges on Agency Theory

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Lawrence Hoskins, a British citizen and former employee of French conglomerate Alstom SA, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Connecticut of 11 of 12 criminal charges, including six counts of violating the United...more

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Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - October 2015

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Welcome to Dorsey & Whitney’s monthly Anti-Corruption Digest. In this digest, we draw together news of enforcement activity throughout the world and aim to reduce your information overload. Our London, Minneapolis, New York...more

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Spain Sets a New Milestone with its Corporate Compliance Statute

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As of July 1 of this year, Spain becomes the latest in a string of nations with a corporate compliance defense. Article 33 of Spain’s criminal code will provide an exemption from corporate criminal liability where the company...more

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DOJ–Louis Berger, Two Executives Resolve FCPA Charges

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The DOJ resolved another FCPA action with the company entering into a deferred prosecution agreement, paying a criminal fine and agreeing to the imposition of a monitor after self reporting and cooperating. Two of the firm’s...more

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IAP Worldwide FCPA Settlement: The Power of “Voluntary” Disclosure

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Okay, everyone take out their tea leaves and let’s get started on the IAP corruption case – DOJ announced a Non-Prosecution Agreement with IAP Worldwide Services and the criminal plea of a former executive who funneled bribes...more

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D&O in Brazil and Latin America

From the 2015 PLUS D&O Symposium session “Emerging International Exposures: What’s Next in Your Neck of the Woods?,” moderator Kevin M. LaCroix, Esq., RPLU (RT ProExec) and panelists Marcus Smithson (Assicurazioni Generali...more

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Pow! Whack! Slam! Bam! – DOJ Finishes the FCPA Year with a Bang

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Giving away my old age, we all loved the 1960s Batman series starring Adam West. Thanks to the Batman show we were given a long list of words to underscore Batman and Robin’s slugfests with the weekly villain (e.g. Penguin,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 117-the Avon FCPA Enforcement Action

In this episode I take a deep dive into the recent concluded Avon FCPA enforcement action. ...more

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The Avon FCPA Settlement – Part III

Today I conclude my 2014 blog posts with a final look at the Avon Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. Before getting to the key lessons that a compliance practitioner may draw from this enforcement...more

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The Avon FCPA Settlement, Part II

I am back from my holiday break and am looking forward to many good ideas for blogs in the coming year. However before we get to 2015, I have to finish out some matters from 2014. Today I continue my look at the Avon Foreign...more

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The Avon FCPA Settlement, Part I

It is finally done. The long awaited Avon Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action is on the books. I would say what a long, strange trip it has been but that does not really seem to capture everything that...more

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