Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Managing Corruption Risk in Latin America
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
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'
FCPA Compliance Report: DOJ on AI and Data/Intellectual Property Protection
Episode 313 -- The Coming Criminal Corporate Sanctions Enforcement Storm
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
Episode 311 -- Tom Fox on FCPA Enforcement: Self Disclosure and Recidivism
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
Episode 304 -- Nathalie Druckmann, VP at Certa, on Artificial Intelligence Third-Party Risk Management
Learn the key principles of compliance - no travel required! If you’re new to or have minimal experience in compliance management don’t miss this opportunity to build the foundational knowledge you need! SCCE’s four-day...more
While FCPA enforcement against companies has been relatively quiet this year, despite a strong beginning to the year — the SAP case for $220 million; and the Gunvor case for $661 million — DOJ has been pushing a number of...more
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more
On May 10, 2024, Romy Andrianarisoa, former Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar, was convicted for soliciting bribes from Gemfields Group Ltd (Gemfields), a UK-based mining company specializing in rubies and...more
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued major decisions on the enforcement power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, what does or doesn’t qualify as a bribe of government officials, and on federal judges’...more
On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more
On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division unveiled a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals that offers non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily...more
We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more
In March 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international...more
We continue our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm Gunvor S.A. The enforcement action came in with a $661 million penalty against the company, which has pleaded...more
On March 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new whistleblower reward program intended to help prosecutors bring more foreign corruption cases. Under the new program, individuals who report corporate misconduct...more
Over the past 15 months the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made clear through three Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and speeches, their priorities in...more
In January, the Vatican issued new procedures on whistleblowing, expanding on 2019 procedures for reporting financial anomalies to the Office of the Auditor General. The new procedures are a recognition of the importance of...more
SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program in a convenient virtual format. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little...more
When was the last time your organization received an anonymous compliance concern? Has it been so long you can’t recall? Maybe you consider yourself lucky that the organization has never received a concern on your watch, or...more
While 2023 was a relatively slow year in FCPA enforcement, the DOJ and SEC settlements announced throughout the year set out a list of important ethics and compliance reminders. While these may seem obvious to everyone, I...more
The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized the basic point that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters and corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest...more
2023 was a very significant year for every compliance practitioner and compliance program. While there was a paucity of corporate enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), there were significant...more
SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced on October 25th that in the 2023 fiscal year, the Commission received a record number of 18,000 whistleblower tips. The SEC Whistleblower Program has grown rapidly and effectively since its...more
It turns out that Venice invented the modern hotline reporting system with their Lion’s Mouth reporting protocol. The symbol of Venice is the Lion St. Mark. The use of this symbol has led to the maxim straight from the lion’s...more
Recent guidance from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reflects its continued focus on corporate compensation structures to promote compliance. In the past few months, the DOJ has entered into settlement agreements that...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
One of the benefits of old(er) age is perspective and experience. (As we age, we have to find the positive reasons to tout). If there is one thing (of many) the compliance profession has demonstrated, it is that compliance...more
Early in October at the 2023 SCCE Compliance and Ethics Institute, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered a long-anticipated speech expanding and formalizing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new Safe Harbor for...more