Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to...more
2/23/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption Perceptions Index ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investigations ,
Kickbacks ,
Popular ,
U.S. Commerce Department
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
9/18/2020
/ 1MDB ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Herbalife ,
Joint Venture ,
Mexico ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Poland ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
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
9/25/2019
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Guatemala ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hong Kong ,
Mexico ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
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
12/20/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Kenya ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
Venezuela ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
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
7/10/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FOIA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Germany ,
Iraq ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Norway ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
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
2/28/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Israel ,
Peru ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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
8/28/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Jury Trial ,
Libor ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
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
4/20/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Finland ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mexico ,
Mismanagement ,
OECD ,
Political Corruption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Telecommunications ,
Thailand ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
Working Groups
When it was first enacted in 1863, the original purpose of the False Claims Act was to prosecute war profiteers who were selling sick mules and broken muzzle-loaded rifles to the Union Army. In recent years, its use has...more
Last month, for the second time, the D.C. Circuit in In re Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., No. 14-5319, slip op. (D.C. Cir. Aug. 11, 2015), granted a writ of mandamus sought by KBR and vacated a series of district court orders...more
10/5/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
But For Causation ,
Code of Conduct ,
Cooperation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Investigations ,
Internal Investigations ,
KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) ,
Legal Advice Privilege ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Qui Tam ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work-Product Doctrine
On Aug. 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International Inc.) pled guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition to pleading...more
8/28/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Bribery ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Kickbacks ,
Panama ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
On August 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International, Inc.) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In addition to...more
8/18/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Subsidiaries