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Check Complete: Arteta Decision Confirms Strong Criticism Might Not Be Misconduct Under FA Rules

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Earlier this month, a Regulatory Commission issued a significant decision limiting the scope of liability for misconduct under the FA Rules. In dismissing the FA’s charge against Arsenal FC manager Mikel Arteta, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Foul Balls and Red Cards: How Baseball and Soccer’s Different Approaches to Cheating Illustrate the Power of Organizational...

This spring, two major sports teams were caught cheating. Both are consistent championship contenders in recent years. In the United States, hardly any sports fan could have missed the report released by Major League...more

BakerHostetler

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Burr & Forman

Deflategate’s Lessons for Civil Arbitrations

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Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard about “Deflategate:” The Patriots’ use of allegedly under-inflated footballs during their 45-7 win over the Colts in last-year’s AFC Championship. In a 40-page opinion issued...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Like a Rolling Stone and Charitable Donations Under the FCPA

Today we celebrate one of the seminal achievements in rock and roll for it was on this day, 50 years ago, in 1965 that Bob Dylan recorded his single Like a Rolling Stone. Columbia Records executives initially rejected the...more

Estlund Law, P.A.

INTERPOL suspends FIFA donation funds, but what happens to the money now, and what happens to INTERPOL?

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Last week, I addressed INTERPOL’s listing of several individuals who are wanted for prosecution by the United States for FIFA-related financial crimes. That post is here. In light of those listings, RNLJ requested...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part IV – Corruption is a Global Scourge

Today, I conclude my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I responded that only the US government had the wherewithal and will to do so and that it continued the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part II – Corruption Changes the Truth of the Game

Today, I continue my (now) four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. (I know I wrote that it would be a three-part series but as usual I got carried away when I started writing.) Yesterday, I...more

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