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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – November 2024

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You are reading the November 2024 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. -...more

Adams & Reese

Beyond Borders: Navigating Global Business Compliance with the FCPA

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On March 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new whistleblower reward program intended to help prosecutors bring more foreign corruption cases. Under the new program, individuals who report corporate misconduct...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 1 – Background

Last week, Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), a publicly traded specialty chemicals manufacturing company headquartered in North Carolina, agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department...more

The Volkov Law Group

Albemarle Settles DOJ and SEC FCPA Cases for $218 Million (Part I of III)

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Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), a specialty chemicals manufacturing company located in Charlotte, North Carolina, agreed to pay more than $218 million to settle FCPA investigations with DOJ and the SEC stemming from...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Panalpina Settlement Day Record May Finally Be Broken: The Unaoil Execs Guilty Pleas

Nine years ago today, on November 4, 2010, was Panalpina Settlement Day which made history for the single largest number of companies to simultaneously settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)-related violations. It was...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

This Week in FCPA-Episode 56

This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. The Kokesh case at the US Supreme Court is significant for SEC enforcement of the FCPA around profit...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - April 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Former Magyar Telekom Executives Settle Bribery Charges – On April 24, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that two former executives of Magyar Telekom, a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Not Correctly Reporting Losses: An Internal Controls Failure

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) internal controls enforcement action drew my attention. It was not a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action but it certainly does have implications for a...more

King & Spalding

Tokyo Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management Newsletter – December 2016

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Major FCPA Enforcement Action - Including charges against the CEO and CFO for failing to prevent misconduct - In one of the largest FCPA settlements in history, hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC...more

The Volkov Law Group

Stretching The FCPA: The Danger Of The Oracle Case

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My good friend and mentor, Judge Sporkin, is not shy nor bashful about his views on the FCPA. When he heard about DOJ’s undercover sting in the Shot Show case, he scoffed, “What a mistake! ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Total Switches To Settle Rather Than Fight

For anyone who grew up in the 1960s, I am sure that you remember the touchstone slogan for Tareyton cigarettes, “I’d rather fight than switch”. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

What’s Old is New Again: Total Settles FCPA Charges Involving Decade-Old Conduct

This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that France-based oil and gas company Total S.A. resolved Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) charges by agreeing to pay a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SDNY Imposes Second Highest Penalty Under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York recently ordered Uriel Sharef, a former Siemens AG board member and German citizen accused of bribing Argentine government officials, to pay a $275,000 civil penalty...more

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