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
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that the heightened “official acts” standard for domestic bribery cases — announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in McDonnell v. United States — is inapplicable to...more
In an interesting decision, well worth a read, on August 9, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected Ng Lap Seng’s appeal of his 2017 conviction for bribery of united Nationals officials. ...more
The Second Circuit’s decision in United States v. Ng Lap Seng is a win for the government, because it reinforces the broad reach and scope of the Justice Department’s enforcement of the FCPA. When adopting and implementing an...more
On August 9, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a Chinese real estate developer’s conviction in United States v. Ng Lap Seng. The Court rejected defendant’s attempt to read an “official act”...more
Saudi Aramco’s mega IPO plans are back on, and while valuation and other stumbling blocks remain, the kingdom is hoping to raise billions via the public offering as early as next year....more
We continue our Hunter S. Thompson themed week in honor of Michael Cohen and his Essential Consulting LLC entity. Today we honor Thompson’s alter ego Uncle Duke. For those who might not know just who Uncle Duke might be, you...more
I hope you were able to check out the first ever Compliance Into The Weeds emergency podcast, where Matt Kelly and myself took a look at some of the initial information which came out about the payments to the president’s...more
“Official Acts”—What They Are… and Are Not - Why it matters: On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court decided McDonnell v. U.S., holding that, for purposes of the federal public corruption statutes, an “official act”...more
The Supreme Court’s decision in the McDonnell case was expected. It was evident that the Supreme Court was going to reverse the convictions when it granted a stay of McDonnell’s sentence and agreed to hear the case....more
Eye on the Supreme Court—Corruption and Fraud Edition - Why it matters: This session, the Supreme Court has undertaken the review of numerous cases that raise thorny issues arising in the white collar context. In our...more