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Airbus to Pay Record $4 Billion to Settle Global Bribery Scheme

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On January 31, 2020, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) agreed to resolve allegations that Airbus SE (“Airbus”), a France-based aerospace company, used third-party business partners to bribe government officials and airline...more

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Alstom UK Subsidiary Sentenced: Do the Incentives for Resolving Corporate Wrongdoing by Negotiated Settlement Always Stack Up?

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On 25 November at a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court, Alstom Network UK Limited (ANUK) – a subsidiary of French rail conglomerate Alstom – was fined £15m, plus £1.4m in costs, for conspiring to make corrupt...more

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Executives Beware: The DOJ and SEC Have Set Their Sights on Individual Wrongdoing

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The DOJ’s Yates Memo makes individual prosecutions a higher priority and makes a company’s own identification of potentially culpable individuals an explicit factor in assessing cooperation credit....more

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The True Impact of DOJ’s Individual Prosecution Memo

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The Justice Department can surprise you – the release of the Yates Memo, as it is commonly referred to since it takes on the name of the Deputy Attorney General (e.g. McNulty Memo), is another strange example of DOJ...more

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Alstom Joins Santa’s Naughty List – In a Very Big Way

The North Pole for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action announcements seems to have temporarily moved south for the month of December. Last week there was the final announcement of the long-standing Avon...more

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