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Beware Vendors Bearing Gifts: The 5 Things That Should Be in Your Gifts and Entertainment Policy

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It’s the holiday season and your company’s purchasing manager received a bottle of wine from a longtime vendor. You think, “No problem, it’s just a bottle of wine.” A week later you learn that it was actually an extremely...more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 23

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Businesses Seek Clarity Regarding Gift-Giving in Aftermath of COVID-19

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Can businesses provide charitable donations to government agencies in support of COVID-19 emergency relief? In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, many corporations, businesses, industry groups and not-for-profit...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Scrooge and Gift Giving Over the Holidays

Based upon the language of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), 2012 FCPA Guidance, FCPA enforcement actions and relevant Opinion Releases, and allowing for inflation over the past 40 years, it would appear reasonable...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Ethics Commission Update

The Alabama Ethics Commission (the “Commission”) held a regularly scheduled meeting on October 5, 2016. At the meeting, the Commission formally extended the comment period for two significant advisory opinions affecting...more

Genova Burns LLC

Christie, Cowboys, and Conflicts: An Overview of New Jersey’s Ethics Rules

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There’s a controversy brewing over Governor Chris Christie’s attendance at Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys game, which, according to published reports, was paid for by the Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones. Public officials are generally...more

McGuireWoods LLP

A Question of Ethics: The Year in Government Ethics

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As long as there are governments, there will be government corruption. The temptations to abuse power are never going away, and neither is human frailty, which means government ethics will remain an important issue for, well,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 94-Internal Controls for Gifts, Travel and Entertainment in a FCPA Compliance Program,...

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report I continue my visit with Henry Mixon on internal controls for gifts, travel and entertainment in a best practices FCPA compliance program. ...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

One person’s gift, another person’s bribe: The challenge of giving gifts in China, Part 1

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It was the week before Chinese New Year. The financial year had ended weeks earlier and unpaid invoices had made a dent in the annual performance of the small family business. For months, the foreign husband, a co-owner of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Virginia Adopts New Gift Law"

On April 23, 2014, Virginia adopted Senate Bill 649 amending the state's ethics laws. Effective July 1, 2014, the amendments, among other things, impose a gift limit on certain government officers and employees from...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Governor McAuliffe Signs Ethics Executive Order for Virginia

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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, on his first day in office, signed Executive Order 2 "Personnel Directive Prohibiting the Receipt of Certain Gifts; Establishment of Executive Branch Ethics Commission" which bans executive...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Venice, The US Navy And Red Flags

Today’s post comes from Venice where I am spending a week. It is one of the most unique and beautiful cities on earth. It was a great maritime power for over 1000 years. At the height of its power, it was the richest city on...more

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