FCPA Survival Guide - Step 8 - Investing in Compliance
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 3 - Extensive Remediation
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day – Compliance Lessons from the Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action
FCPA Survival Guide: Step 1 - Self-Disclosure
All Things Investigations: Compliance Lessons from Gunvor and Trafigura Enforcement Actions
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Trafigura FCPA Settlement
Episode 317 -- A Deep Dive into the Trafigura FCPA Settlement
What's Going on with FCPA?
Episode 316 -- DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Policy
Compliance into The Weeds: Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into The Gunvor FCPA Settlement
Episode 314 -- A Deep Dive into Gunvor's FCPA Settlement
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: DOJ’s Shifting Approach to Recidivism and Self-Disclosure
Episode 311 -- Tom Fox on FCPA Enforcement: Self Disclosure and Recidivism
Episode 307 -- Sanctions Enforcement Review and Predictions for 2024
Episode 305 -- Deep Dive into SAP FCPA Settlement
Compliance Into The Weeds: The SAP Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Action
Episode 300 -- Deep Dive into DOJ FCPA Settlement with Two U.K. Reinsurance Companies for Bribery in Ecuador
ACI’s Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs returns on March 13-14, 2024 in Mexico City! Given the uncertainty with the looming Presidential election, as well as increased U.S. enforcement focus on Mexico...more
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
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...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
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
As 2020 drew to a close, enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below, we highlight some developments from...more
World Acceptance Corporation (“WAC”), a US-based consumer loan company, agreed to pay the SEC $21.7 million for FCPA violations in Mexico. WAC’s cited violations covered the full gamut of FCPA violations, including bribery...more
A recurring question of general counsel and chief compliance officers is whether their proactive investments in compliance programs, voluntary self-disclosure of issues, and cooperation will be meaningfully rewarded. For too...more
Enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continue to aggressively investigate fraud and corruption across the region in the third quarter of 2019. Below, we highlight some recent developments and...more
This is the sixth issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the course of 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector....more
As 2018 came to an end, a voluntary disclosure to the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by U.S.-based agribusiness, CHS, Inc. (“CHS”), of potential violations of the Foreign...more
So about that whole going private thing. Change of plans for Elon & co. Here’s the inside scoop on the reversal...more
For several decades, US employers operating in Mexico (or anywhere else around the globe, for that matter) have been subject to – and, therefore, should be aware of – the tenets of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
In its continuing quest to push the message of aggressive FCPA enforcement, the SEC resolved FCPA charges against Orthofix, a medical device company, for $6 million in penalties and disgorgement. In a related action, the SEC...more
The drug and medical device industries have been taking it on the FCPA chin for years. The risk factors in the international marketplace are significant – healthcare professionals are normally government employees; government...more
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
You know this has been a big year in FCPA enforcement when DOJ and the SEC announce two FCPA settlements during the usually sleepy week between Christmas and New Years. And what a year it has been – more to follow in my...more
Just when you were thinking things could not get any bigger after the Odebrecht/Braskem Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more