Daily Compliance News: April 8, 2025, The End of Monitors Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 48 – The March Madness Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending, March 22, 2025
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
Daily Compliance News: March 19, 2025, The Why CISOs Quit Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending March 15, 2025
Episode 356 -- Trump Administration Hits Pause on FCPA Enforcement
Episode 351 -- Deep Dive into the AAR FCPA Settlement
Episode 350 -- Deep Dive into McKinsey FCPA Case
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: BIT Mining Resolves FCPA Case for $10 Million and CEO Pan Indicted
Episode 349 -- Review of the BIT Mining FCPA Settlement
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Episode 344 -- SEC Settles FCPA Case with Moog for $1.7 Million
Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
Episode 338 -- Deep Dive into the Deere SEC FCPA Case
Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Gunvor FCPA Settlement
Episode 307 -- Sanctions Enforcement Review and Predictions for 2024
Episode 300 -- Deep Dive into DOJ FCPA Settlement with Two U.K. Reinsurance Companies for Bribery in Ecuador
Whether cartels do or do not qualify as “instrumentalities of a government” under current FCPA law or based on the AG’s forthcoming revised FCPA guidance, their entanglement with corrupt officials and influence over local...more
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Law on April 10, 2025, and is republished here with permission. Read the original article here: DOJ’s Pause on FCPA Is a Compliance Shake-Up for Businesses – Bloomberg Law. ...more
2024 saw another strong year of Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There were 15 resolutions with...more
Approximately 90% of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement cases from its inception in 1978 have involved third-party intermediaries engaging in bribery schemes. The reduced level of control or oversight...more
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity may be at a temporary standstill, but that should not mean much for the day-to-day operations of global anti-corruption compliance programs. If the Department of...more
We continue our week-long look at the use of AI in compliance. Today, we consider third parties. Third-party relationships remain one of the most significant areas of risk for corporate compliance programs....more
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
In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases. ..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more
Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...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
Due diligence is generally recognized in three levels: Level I, Level II and Level III. Each level is appropriate for a different level of corruption risk. The key is to develop a mechanism to determine the appropriate level...more
This week, SAP SE (SAP), the German-based software company, agreed to pay over $200 million to resolve investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of...more
On December 21 President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation addresses a perceived gap in the Foreign Corrupt Practices...more
Significant Expansion to Corporate Criminal Liability Becomes Law in the United Kingdom - On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) became law. Under the Act, corporations will become...more
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
Hosted by C5 Group, the 9th Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will shed light on important issues at the forefront....more
Flutter Entertainment, the previous owner of PokerStars, agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $4 million for improper payments to Russian-based consultants, stemming from conduct committed by The Stars Group,...more
Earlier this month, DOJ updated its Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP). Aimed at encouraging companies to voluntarily disclose unlawful conduct, the updated CEP gives greater opportunities to companies to avoid charges...more
Among the risks inherent in a merger or an acquisition, few bring the financial and reputational consequences of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Background - The FCPA prohibits the offer, promise,...more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq.) is a federal anti-bribery law that makes it unlawful for certain people to pay foreign government officials in order to conduct business abroad. While it...more
Terrorist financing comes at a price – and in the case of a global building supplies manufacturer that has pleaded guilty in a US court to making payments to terrorist organisations, that price is USD 778 million in fines and...more