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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Ten Top Lessons from Recent FCPA Settlements-Lesson No. 3, Extensive Remediation

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

Guidepost Solutions LLC

DOJ Maintains Interest in Bribery in Mexico and Latin America

Recent Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) activity on bribery in Mexico and Latin America sends a warning and provides a roadmap to companies doing business there.  By following the roadmap, companies may escape...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - December 4th - 7th, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm CT

SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little experience in compliance, as well...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - October 16th - 19th, 11:55 am - 6:30 pm CET

SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little experience in compliance, as well...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - September 18th - 21st, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm CT

SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little experience in compliance, as well...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Corporate Compliance Enforcement Conference - July 25th, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm CT

Is Your Compliance Program Designed for the Current Enforcement Landscape? Data protection, anti-corruption, antitrust, supply chains, economic sanctions and even the software employees use to communicate are all subjects...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) | 2022 Year in Review and a Look Ahead

U.S. Policy Developments - Since the fall of 2022, DOJ has made several policy pronouncements in connection with its efforts to combat corporate crime. While it remains to be seen how these policies will ultimately affect...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - May 15th - 18th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CT

SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little experience in compliance, as well...more

BakerHostetler

DOJ's Newly Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy Incentivizes Robust Compliance Programs, Cooperation and Remediation

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On Jan. 17, AAG Polite announced “the first significant changes” to the CEP since 2017. The policy revisions will apply to all corporate criminal matters handled by the Criminal Division and offer companies “new, significant,...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - December 6th - 9th, 8:55 am - 2:30 pm CST

SCCE’s Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to the elements of a compliance program to enable attendees to be a more effective member of the compliance team. The workshop is ideal for...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - November 1st - 4th, 11:55 am - 5:30 pm CET

SCCE’s Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to the elements of a compliance program to enable attendees to be a more effective member of the compliance team. The workshop is ideal for...more

BakerHostetler

DOJ and SEC Publish New FCPA Resource Guide

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On the eve of the July 4th holiday, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) quietly published the second edition of the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Navigating an Increasingly Complex Sanctions Landscape, Part 2-Compliance Programs and Remediation

How can a compliance professional navigate an increasingly complex sanctions landscape around a best practices sanctions compliance program and what happens if there is a compliance failure? I recently visited with Adam Frey,...more

The Volkov Law Group

Petrobas Closes Out “Massive” Corruption Investigations and Litigation

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When it comes to a poster-child for corrupt organizations, there is very little competition that can eclipse Petrobas, the Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company. ...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Industry Expert Hui Chen on Ethics & Compliance

As the first-ever Compliance Counsel Expert at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Hui Chen served as exclusive consultant to the Fraud Section’s white-collar crime federal prosecutors. She reviewed corporate...more

The Volkov Law Group

2017 FCPA Year in Review (Part I of II)

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With the close of 2017, FCPA enforcement continues as a major priority for the US Department of Justice. Notwithstanding fears and concerns that the new administration would turn its back on FCPA enforcement, the Justice...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ Issues New Policy Encouraging Self-Reporting FCPA Violations

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On November 29, 2017 the Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Rod J. Rosenstein, announced a new FCPA enforcement policy that seeks to incentivize voluntary self-reporting by providing companies...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

France Announces Its First Deferred Prosecution Agreement

In a move that could signal a new phase of government enforcement in France, on November 27, 2017, French authorities published a Convention judiciaire d’intérêt public (CJIP) with HSBC Private Bank Suisse SA (HSBC PB), the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Creates Greater Certainty for Companies

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) makes it unlawful for certain classes of persons and entities to make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business. On November 29,...more

Jones Day

DOJ's New FCPA Enforcement Policy Continues its "Carrot-and-Stick" Approach

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The Situation: Companies that learn of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") violations by employees or agents are faced with significant uncertainty as to whether the benefits and risks of self-disclosing the conduct to the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Announces FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy

• The voluntary disclosure of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, “full cooperation” in an ensuing investigation, and timely and appropriate remediation, will create a presumption that the disclosing company...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

First ‘Trial of the Century’ and the SQM FCPA Enforcement Action – Part II

Today I conclude my two-part series on the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), which agreed to pay a...more

The Volkov Law Group

Yikes: The Perils of Remediation and Corporate Monitors

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The Justice Department has raised the stakes on anti-corruption compliance. In other words, DOJ prosecutors expect companies to have more sophisticated and mature compliance programs. If a company walks into the Justice...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Teva FCPA Enforcement Action – Part II

Yesterday, I began an exploration of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. (Teva). It was brought jointly by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"New French Anti-Corruption Legal Framework"

A new French law titled “Transparency, the Fight Against Corruption and Modernization of the Economy,” which was published in the French Official Journal on December 10, 2016 (known as Sapin II, as it was named after the...more

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