Brazil's AI Legislation
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 76: Henrique Lopes, KLA Advogados | Brazil
Life with GDPR - André Paris on the Brazilian GDPR
Kidon IP War Stories: David Cohen & Otto Licks
Corruption, Crime & Compliance - Episode 208 - A Deep Dive into the WPP FCPA SEC Settlement
Update on Global Data Privacy Regulations by John Jackson
Podcast: International Risks Facing Latin America Companies
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 370 Carlos Ayres on 2017 Brazilian Anti-Corruption Wrap Up and Going Forward into 2018
Compliance Report-International Edition, Luciana Silveira Effect of FCPA on International Trade
This Week in FCPA-Episode 55, the Covfefe Edition
This Week in FCPA-Episode 53, the I left my heart in San Francisco edition
Compliance Report-International Edition, Carlos Ayres
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 302-Carlos Ayers on the Odebrecht Settlement from Brazil
D&O in Brazil and Latin America
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 122-with Matt Kelly on Alstom, Avon and Petrobras
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 56-Interview with Carlos Ayers
In this week’s edition, we look at a Brazilian enforcement action relating to illegal deforestation in the Amazon. We also discuss ESMA’s opinion on the functioning of the Sustainable Finance Framework, as well as proposed...more
Trafigura’s bribery scheme resembles the same schemes implemented by its significant competitors — Vitol, Glencore, Gunvor. At the core of the conduct, Petrobras and Brazilian government officials collected bribes in...more
We conclude our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international commodity trading company with its primary operations in...more
We continue our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international commodity trading company with its primary...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Annual Summit on Anti-Corruption, Integrity & ESG returns to Brazil for another groundbreaking year to discuss the current high-stakes dilemmas impacting your organization....more
The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, “ANPD”), applied its first two sanctions of 2024 against two Brazilian governmental institutions. It is worth noting that, as both are public...more
INTERPOL recently published details on its largest coordinated firearms operation ever, called Trigger IX. The operation allowed local authorities in multiple countries to make thousands of arrests and firearm seizures. The...more
Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 12th Summit on Anti-Corruption Brazil returns for another exciting year with a newly revamped, truly interactive networking and benchmarking experience. In addition to critical...more
In February 2023, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published the rules for the application of sanctions and the methodology for calculating fines for violation of their General Data Protection Law...more
In the wake of the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) issuing further regulations on the determination of penalties for violations of the Data Protection Law (LGPD), on March 23, 2023 the ANPD launched a new...more
American Conference Institute’s expert faculty of DOJ and SEC alumni will update you with the most recent developments and risk factors confronting industry in Brazil and will lay out practical takeaways for satisfying the...more
Recently, agents from Brazil’s environmental protection agency, the Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), carried out the first significant environmental enforcement activity under the new...more
In the recent judgment of Gol Linhas Aereas SA (formerly VRG Linhas Aereas SA) (Respondent) v MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners (Cayman) II LP and others (Appellants) [2022] UKPC 21, the Privy Council upheld the...more
On 12 July 2022, Brazilian Federal Government enacted Decree No. 11,129/2022, a new regulation on Law No. 12,846/2013 (the "Brazilian Clean Company Act"), which will revoke Decree No. 8,420/2015, previously in force. The new...more
Brazil’s Anti-Corruption and Compliance Community Will Gather for Large, 1:1 and Smaller-Group Discussion! As the longest-standing anti-corruption and compliance gathering in Brazil, Summit on Anti-Corruption Brazil is...more
Aunque la cantidad de casos relacionados con la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FCPA) resueltos públicamente en el año 2021 fue relativamente baja en comparación con los años...more
Although the number of publicly resolved Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases in 2021 was relatively low compared to prior years, enforcement actions related to Latin America played a particularly prominent role. Many...more
The SEC’s FCPA settlement with WPP for over $19.2 million provides a variety of bribery schemes in several high-risk venues. The schemes are instructive because they remind anti-corruption compliance professionals of the...more
Established in 1974 in Washington, D.C., the CFTC was originally responsible for overseeing and regulating the commodity futures and options markets in the United States. Initially, its primary focus was to regulate trading...more
This summary is part of our regular reporting of trends and developments related to investigations and enforcement activity into fraud, corruption, and other misconduct by authorities in the United States and the Americas and...more
We all know and hear about third-party risks – over and over again. Despite this recurring theme, organizations continue to pay the price for failing to address third-party issues. It does not take a rocket scientist to...more
FCPA settlement actions often underscore specific compliance risks for legal and compliance professionals. If there ever was a case where third-party risks were bungled, and even intentionally embraced, the Foster Wheeler...more
The Justice Department and the Securities Exchange Commission are back in business. The first corporate FCPA enforcement action in 2021 came after a six-month hiatus in 2021. While many commentators sought to read the...more
On May 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment charging two Austrian citizens, Peter Weinzierl (“Weinzierl”) and Alexander Waldstein (“Waldstein”), for their roles in a scheme to launder...more
Enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued investigations of fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below are some of the highlights of the last quarter. ...more