Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 22, 2025, The Upping Your Game Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Future of Enforcement with Jennifer Lee
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
Navigating 2025: The SEC's Evolving Role in Cryptocurrency Enforcement — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Fintech Focus Podcast | Crypto 2.0: What’s Next in the US?
Episode 351 -- Deep Dive into the AAR FCPA Settlement
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Are the Differences Between Private & Public Offerings?
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Effective Compliance Training
A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement - On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) pausing the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the EO, the pause will...more
Following our annual tradition — which started over a decade ago — we are analyzing the year's 10 most significant whistleblower and retaliation events. As you'll see, in 2024, actions taken by a range of courts and...more
DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program - On August 1, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. According to the DOJ, the...more
For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more
Medical Technology Company President Convicted for Participation in $77 Million COVID-19 and Allergy Testing Scheme - On September 1, 2022, the president of Arrayit Corporation, a medical technology company in Silicon...more
On October 19, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Credit Suisse Group AG (Credit Suisse) agreed to pay $100 million to the SEC (among other penalties to other agencies) for violations of...more
Court Reinstates Life Insurance Company's Fraud Claims Over Defunct Laboratory - A New Jersey state appeals court reinstated Aetna Life Insurance Company’s (Aetna) fraud claims against the minority owners of the now defunct...more
On August 2, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva), once the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent company, Alere Inc., have agreed to...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
Deutsche Bank to Pay Over $130 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Fraud Allegations - Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank) has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the government’s...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
In a May 17, 2019 press report that has been widely distributed in Brazil and the United States, Brazilian Federal Prosecutor Marisa Ferrari confirmed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department...more
Bribery and corruption have long plagued the construction industry, particularly in emerging markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. ...more
On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more
Well, add another pharmaceutical company to the FCPA healthcare “sweep.” Frankly, the term “sweep” makes it sound like a coordinated enforcement effort – instead, it is more accurate to think of it as multiple prosecutions...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
I am back from a two-week summer study program at Oxford, run by Michigan State University through its Odyssey to Oxford program. It was a great experience. My class was on The Tudors in film and print so not only did I...more
Last week, the SEC added another pharmaceutical company to its list of FCPA violators when AstraZeneca agreed to a $5.5 million settlement with the SEC. AZ is now the 25th drug or medical device company to pay an FCPA penalty...more
Recidivist behavior is something that the US government is forced to face in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement from time-to-time. When a company agrees to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) or...more
Last week, the SEC announced another FCPA settlement involving the pharmaceutical industry for bribery in China. The SEC’s settlement filing represents yet another example of the pharmaceutical industry run amok in China,...more
On Aug. 12, 2015, Vincente Garcia (former head of Latin American sales for SAP International Inc.) pled guilty in federal court in San Francisco to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In addition to pleading...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 in the past month with links to primary...more
Today, I continue my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I wrote that only the US government had the wherewithal, tools and will to do so. Yesterday, I focused on corruption...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of a managing partner of U.S. broker-dealer Direct Access Partners (DAP) for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Travel Act, and...more