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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2025

Designed for the busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month, with...more

The Volkov Law Group

New FCPA Guidance — What to Expect (Part IV of V)

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As we continue through the maze of Executive Orders and new Guidance, which is expected in 180 days, the questions surrounding FCPA enforcement are swirling.  In some respects, we have had a preview.  It is hard to know what...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments: 2024 Year in Review

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this special edition of our award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter summarizes the most...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2024

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

DLA Piper

Defining a New Standard in Chile: The Economic Crimes Law in Corruption Scandals

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Chile has recently made significant amendments to its regulatory framework aimed at combatting corruption and white collar crime. Since the enactment of Law No. 20.393 in 2009, the country has criminalized certain actions...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Echoes from the ABA White Collar Crime Conference 2022 in San Francisco

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Leaders at the DOJ and SEC Signal Increased Enforcement, an Upswing in Coordinated Investigations and Resolutions, and a Focus on Individual Actors to Dismantle Corporate Wrongdoing...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Anti-Corruption in 2022: A Look Ahead

This is the second post in this year’s series examining important trends and new development in white collar law and investigations. Our previous post discussed health care enforcement. Up next: trends in tax enforcement. ...more

Goodwin

2021 Year in Review: FCPA

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A. Basic Overview of Statute - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. (FCPA), makes it unlawful for U.S. persons and entities and others who act within the jurisdiction of the...more

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OECD Recommendation Encourages Demand Side Bribery Enforcement

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On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more

Hogan Lovells

OECD releases latest Anti-Corruption recommendations—most significant Anti-Bribery update since 2009

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On November 25th, the OECD Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions adopted a series of recommendations for member countries to implement, in an effort to curb...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption, 7th Edition – Japan

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We are pleased to present the seventh edition of Global Legal Insights – Bribery and Corruption. This book sets out the legal environment in relation to bribery and corruption enforcement in 28 countries and one region...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 3.2.2020 | Top Story: Activist Elliott Mgmt Amasses Stake in Twitter and Takes Aim at CEO Jack Dorsey

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Paul Singer and the Elliott Mgmt crew have a new target in their sights: Twitter’s founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey. Singer’s Elliott fund has amassed a “significant stake” in the company—perhaps as much as a billion—and is...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

United States “Beats” Switzerland as a Perceived Global Haven for Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

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The Cayman Islands Receive “Top Honors.”  But, Global Financial Transparency is Reportedly Improving in General - The United States has overtaken Switzerland as a financial secrecy haven, according to the latest rankings –...more

Butler Snow LLP

2019 Developments and Trends in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Global Anti-Corruption Efforts, Part 3 of 3

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Previously we introduced you to the FCPA and provided updates about the positive international trends in anti-corruption legislation; efforts to punish and deter bribery; the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...more

BCLP

Anti-Corruption Enforcement: Analyzing the Enforcement Approaches of the US, the UK and France

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Anti-Corruption enforcement is a top priority in France, the UK, and the US. Each of these countries has armed its enforcers with the enforcement tools necessary to investigate and prosecute corporations and individuals. Join...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption, 2018 - China

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China has had strong anti-corruption laws for many years. On 1 January 1980, the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC Criminal Law”), containing the criminal offences of bribery and corruption, came into...more

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Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption, 2018 - Japan

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Japan is widely perceived to be one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Transparency International ranked Japan as the 20th least corrupt country out of 176 in the most recent Corruption Perceptions Index. The World...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 333, Professor Samuel Buell

Today I am joined again by Professor Samuel Buell, from Duke University School of Law to discuss a recent paper he co-authored with Rachel Brewster entitled, “The Market for Global AntiCorruption Enforcement“. In the paper...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

ENI Receives ISO 37001 Certification and ENI CEO Charged with Corruption

Today’s headline is inspired by two recent notices; the first is from a January 25 ENI Press Release crowing that “Eni is the first Italian company to receive that certification”. The second came from an article in the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Anti-Corruption Enforcement Has Gone International

Matt Stephenson, myself and others have engaged in a dialogue about where Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement may be headed under the incoming administration. I have tried to focus on why compliance with...more

The Volkov Law Group

Guest Post from Patrick Henz — Compliance Indicators

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Most compliance presentations and documents mention at some point the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI), as it is by far the best known corruption index. Of course, unlike weight, temperature or...more

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US and China Expand Law Enforcement Cooperation

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Global anti-corruption efforts continue to increase. For global companies, this trend makes compliance even more critical. One of the most significant aspects of this trend is the US government’s cooperation with China....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

New DOJ Compliance Counsel: Doing Compliance Now Even More Critical

Last Friday, the FCPA Professor reported: “According to this Global Investigations Review article: “According to two people familiar with the matter, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has hired Hui Chen, Standard...more

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