The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 45 - The Grit, Grace and Gift of Second Chances
Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
Navigating Civil Standing Requirements for Defense Success — RICO Report Podcast
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Managing Corruption Risk in Latin America
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
Episode 323 - Carlos Villagran Discusses Rebuilding a Corporate Culture After a Crisis
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 34 - A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives'
Episode 317 -- A Deep Dive into the Trafigura FCPA Settlement
What's Going on with FCPA?
Episode 316 -- DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Policy
RICO Vicarious Liability — RICO Report Podcast
Episode 313 -- The Coming Criminal Corporate Sanctions Enforcement Storm
RICO Damages — RICO Report Podcast
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: DOJ’s Shifting Approach to Recidivism and Self-Disclosure
Episode 305 -- Deep Dive into SAP FCPA Settlement
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Developments in the Trump Indictments and Recent Supreme Court Issues
Episode 300 -- Deep Dive into DOJ FCPA Settlement with Two U.K. Reinsurance Companies for Bribery in Ecuador
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Examining the Latest Updates in the Pending Criminal and Civil Litigation Against Trump
The EU Directive for Combatting Corruption
FEPA contains a broad prohibition on corrupt activity and applies to a broad category of public officials. First, FEPA makes it unlawful for any foreign official to “demand, seek, receive, accept, or agree to” receive...more
On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. FEPA criminalizes demand-side bribery by foreign officials...more
On December 14, 2023, Congress passed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (“FEPA”) in an effort to address certain deficiencies inherent in the current iteration of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), as part of the...more
The Justice Department has had a slow year in FCPA enforcement (another profound grasp of the obvious). The reasons for this may be a question of timing elements in the pipeline of cases....more
On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more
On October 1, 2020, the new Instruction on the Investigation and Prosecution of Foreign Corruption for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service ("DPPS") entered into force, indicating certain factors that play a role in...more
Last week, I began a multi-part exploration of one world’s largest anti-corruption enforcement actions, the J&F Investimentos SA (J&F) matter. It involved huge fines and penalties in both Brazil and the United States. Of...more
On August 14, 2020, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) issued its first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) advisory opinion in almost six years....more
The Second Circuit’s decision in United States v. Ng Lap Seng is a win for the government, because it reinforces the broad reach and scope of the Justice Department’s enforcement of the FCPA. When adopting and implementing an...more
Anti-Corruption enforcement is a top priority in France, the UK, and the US. Each of these countries has armed its enforcers with the enforcement tools necessary to investigate and prosecute corporations and individuals. Join...more
Welcome to the 2017-2018 edition of the Jones Day Anti-Corruption Regulation Survey. In 2017 and 2018 to date, there has continued to be an increasing awareness among multinational companies of the significance of...more
2017 marked the fortieth anniversary of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and showed continued robust enforcement against both individuals and companies by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities...more
At the 34th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act held last week in Washington, D.C., industry executives, members of the defense bar, and regulators examined developments in the enforcement of the...more
Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Joe Dowdy recently gave a presentation at the Charlotte Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel that addressed the enforcement of high-profile federal criminal laws rooted in bribery,...more
The single most frequently asked question by our international clients over the past several months is whether there will be changes in white collar prosecution priorities under the new administration, specifically with...more
After years of fits and starts, and promises and disappointments, the Serious Fraud Office and the UK Bribery Act made its initial splash on the anti-corruption enforcement landscape. Since 2011, companies have been...more
Just when we thought 2016 was over and we could all breathe a sigh of relief, DOJ and the SEC have continued to run with a string of new enforcement actions. To all of those prognosticators, paparazzi, commentators, chicken...more
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have recently laid charges against the president of a Canadian commercial aircraft company under the federal Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), for allegedly...more
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Hitachi Ltd (Hitachi). There were several interesting aspects to...more
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 in the past month, with links to primary...more
Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) can lead to hefty penalties. Indeed, individuals who violate the FCPA, and their employers, could be on the hook for a variety of penalties described below. Companies...more
Intuitively, Israeli companies and their directors would likely assume that their businesses are immune to investigation and the assessment of penalties by US regulators that are separated by a vast ocean and located more...more
Many companies, depending on the industry, have implemented anti-corruption compliance programs. Some of the programs meet the standard for an “effective” anti-corruption compliance program. There is a vast difference between...more
With lots of fanfare, Esquenazi and Rodriguez, and the usual suspects filed a cert petition and briefs in support of the appeal from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the lower court’s interpretation of...more
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