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BCLP

Check Complete: Arteta Decision Confirms Strong Criticism Might Not Be Misconduct Under FA Rules

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Earlier this month, a Regulatory Commission issued a significant decision limiting the scope of liability for misconduct under the FA Rules. In dismissing the FA’s charge against Arsenal FC manager Mikel Arteta, the...more

Ankura

Saving Football From Dubious Owners Is Not an Easy Task

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Football is an industry built on passion and commitment, with clubs steeped in tradition and soaked in the hopes and dreams of supporters captivated by the rollercoaster of emotions that professional sports can bring. It...more

The Volkov Law Group

Julius Baer Bank Resolves Money Laundering Charges in FIFA Scandal and Pays Nearly $80 Million

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The Justice Department continues to pile up victories out of the world soccer FIFA federation bribery scandal.  Julius Baer Group, the Swiss banker, agreed to a three-year, deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and to pay...more

BakerHostetler

DOJ Antitrust Takes a Shot at FIFA

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Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) is no stranger to scandal, but this time, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is leading the charge. In a newly unsealed exhibit in the Southern...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Foul Balls and Red Cards: How Baseball and Soccer’s Different Approaches to Cheating Illustrate the Power of Organizational...

This spring, two major sports teams were caught cheating. Both are consistent championship contenders in recent years. In the United States, hardly any sports fan could have missed the report released by Major League...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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The FIFA Scandal: The Long Foot of American Justice

Envelopes of cash. Vote rigging. Wiretapped recordings in 5-star hotel rooms. A dramatic early morning police raid coordinated between the FBI and Swiss law enforcement. An episode of the Sopranos? No, but it is a day in 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

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