Episode 333 -- The Boeing Proposed Plea Agreement
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 26 – The Compliance Week Wrap Up Edition
Episode 305 -- Deep Dive into SAP FCPA Settlement
Corruption, Crime, and Compliance - The Ericsson FCPA DPA Breach Settlement
Episode 258 -- Deep Dive into ABB FCPA Settlement
What DAG Lisa Monaco's Speech Means for Compliance Programs
Federal Monitorships and Making Them Work
FCPA Compliance Report - James Koukios on the Monaco Speech
Compliance Into The Weeds: DAG Announces Changes in Enforcement Priorities
Episode 160 -- A Deep Dive into the Herbalife FCPA Settlement
Everything Compliance-Episode 57-the Airbus edition
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
Episode 117 -- FCPA Update: Samsung FCPA Settlement; Braskem Former CEO Indicted; Transport CEO Convicted after Trial
This Week in FCPA-Episode 96, 2018 - the Opening Day edition
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 134, Judge Rakoff, Judge Leon and their comments on DPAs, with the FCPA Professor
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report Episode 129-Judge Rakoff, Judge Leon and Individual Prosecutions Under the FCPA
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 118-the Alstom FCPA Enforcement Action
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 31-the FCPA Year in Review, Corporate Enforcement Actions
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 30-Interview with the FCPA Professor-Part 2
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 29-Interview with the FCPA Professor-Part 1
On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more
On 25 November at a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court, Alstom Network UK Limited (ANUK) – a subsidiary of French rail conglomerate Alstom – was fined £15m, plus £1.4m in costs, for conspiring to make corrupt...more
The Sweden-based telecommunications company, Ericsson, agreed to a pay a total of $1 billion (yes, billion with a “B”) for FCPA violations. Ericsson entered into settlement agreements with DOJ and the SEC. Ericsson agreed...more
We continue our exploration of the TechnipFMC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action by considering the actions taken by the company (or both separately before their merger) in response to their FCPA...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 from the past month, with links to primary...more
“Innocent” US parent pays £6.25 million for UK subsidiary’s secret bribery. On July 11, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured its second deferred prosecution agreement (DPA). The first DPA was...more
Lord Justice Leveson has approved the Serious Fraud Office’s (“SFO’s”) second application for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”). The Agreement is with a company which cannot be named because of continuing related legal...more
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK, and elsewhere as well as helpful guidance on emerging best practices in FCPA...more
On December 22, 2014, French power and transportation company Alstom S.A. (“Alstom”) pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and agreed to pay $772.29 million, the largest criminal fine ever...more
In this episode 118, I take a deep dive into the Alstom FCPA enforcement action and its implication for the CCO and compliance practitioner. I also discuss comments from Dick Cassin and the FCPA Professor on the case. ...more
As the first blog post of 2015, I thought it appropriate to highlight two outstanding confluences. The first is that this year is the centenary of the birth of Orson Welles. While not occurring in 2015, near the end of 2014...more
The December 23, 2014, announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Alstom, S.A., a French power and transportation company, pled guilty to two Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges and agreed to pay $772...more
Earlier this week, Alstom S.A., a French multinational power and transportation company, pleaded guilty in the District of Connecticut to a two-count information charging it with violating the accounting provisions of the...more
The HP FCPA settlement was not your run-of-the-mill enforcement action. The blogosphere has been filled with different analyses and interpretations. Client alerts have been taking shots at coming up with original ideas and...more