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Compliance into the Weeds: Leaving on a (Qatari) Jet Plane
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FCPA Compliance Report: Upping Your Game in Compliance
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 8, 2025, The $1MM for a Pardon Edition
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FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Decision - Making in Times of Change
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Great Women in Compliance: Exploring the Future of Compliance - Key Takeaways from Compliance Week 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
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FCPA Compliance Report: AI, Data Compliance, and Ownership - A Conversation with Andrew Hopkins
Compliance into the Weeds: Global Anti-Corruption Leadership
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating the Complexities of FTO Designations and Compliance in Mexico and Latin America
Power and corruption … two sides of a wicked coin. In this podcast, hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw tell the stories of the world’s largest, most salacious corruption scandals and explore the myriad ways in which...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 Justice Department has brought three corporate FCPA enforcement actions in 2023 (if you include the Ericsson DPA breach settlement). With its recent announcement of a declination under the Corporate Enforcement Policy,...more
You know that when the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) uses the word ‘secretly’ when discussing a corporate program, it is a seriously not good look. That is certainly the case in the recently announced Foreign Corrupt...more
The SEC is having a good year in prosecuting FCPA cases. The SEC’s recent settlement with 3M Corp. for $6.5 million is its seventh corporate resolution for the year. DOJ, which has been relatively quiet so far this year,...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district judge’s post-conviction dismissal of FCPA counts against Lawrence Hoskins, a former Alston executive, for his involvement in bribery scheme to secure a $118 million...more
Once in a while, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) enforcement action confirms market participants’ worst fears that the CFTC is prepared to, and is able to, find violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”)...more
The SEC announced its first FCPA enforcement action in 2022. South Korean telecommunications company, KT Corporation, agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle FCPA violations. As part of the settlement, KT Corp. agreed to pay...more
Well, we are still waiting for the “big” FCPA enforcement actions. Do not get me wrong – they are coming. My suspicion is that they are being held up and calculated with a splash to announce the results of the White House’s...more
In October, the World Bank Group (WBG) published its third Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20), which covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. The report provides a detailed look at the...more
World Acceptance Corporation (“WAC”), a US-based consumer loan company, agreed to pay the SEC $21.7 million for FCPA violations in Mexico. WAC’s cited violations covered the full gamut of FCPA violations, including bribery...more
OFAC continues to aggressively enforce its sanctions programs. In its latest enforcement action, OFAC agreed with Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques SCRL (“SITA”), a Swiss telecom company, to an...more
Welcome to the 2020’s. The past decade helped shape both Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement and corporate compliance programs. 2019 FCPA enforcements bore out many of the developments from the preceding years of...more
The Department of Justice recently announced updates to its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. While the changes were relatively minor, the modifications underscored important principles surrounding...more
Even the mighty can fall – Apple agreed to pay OFAC $467k for violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions regulations. In 2008, Apple entered into an applications development agreement with SIS, a Slovenian...more
China continues to be a high-risk location for US companies to do business. While the current administration has laid numerous tariffs on Chinese goods, the fact that it holds 6 billion potential consumers will continue to...more
How important is due diligence on those with whom you are doing business? Why does it matter if a company is owned or controlled by a foreign government or a political party member of a foreign government? ...more
The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has steadily expanded its influence in the enforcement landscape. Global companies now face a complex regime of sanctions that require careful navigation....more
In September, the U.S. government announced a nearly $1 billion FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) settlement with the Swedish telecommunications company Telia. The total monetary payment in this global resolution makes it...more