Hsu Untied interview with Brad Waugh, General Counsel at TP-Link
Unexpected Paths to IP Law with Dan Young and Colin White
Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
Innovation in Compliance: The Critical Importance of Mobile Application Security: Insights from Subho Halder
The LathamTECH Podcast — Getting Deals Done: Tackling Antitrust Challenges in Tech M&A
Compliance into the Weeds: Autonomous AI Whistleblowing Misconduct
Daily Compliance News: June 4, 2025, The Climate Disaster Management Edition
The Future of Supply Chains: Chris Andrassy on Using AI to Predict & Prevent Disruptions
Daily Compliance News: June 2, 2025, The Unintended Consequence Edition
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
Inside a $175M Deal: Tim McLoughlin & Joshua Hayes Live From RDU Startup Week
Daily Compliance News: May 21, 2025, The I Want You Back Edition
Upping Your Game: Episode 3 - Embedded Compliance: From Gatekeeper to Business Enabler
State AG Pulse | Massive Google Settlement Shows AGs Serious About Privacy
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 69 - Human Intelligence vs. Machine Judgment with Nigel Morris-Cotterill and Patrick Dransfield
From Cell Phones to Tractors: The Right to Repair Movement Drives On — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Upping Your Game: Episode 1 – Meeting Hui Chen’s Challenge
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI and Compliance Education
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
On March 4, 2025, one day before a trial against former tech executives for alleged foreign bribery charges was set to commence, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey requested 180-day adjournment. The...more
Commercial bribery enforcement also became more active, as the authorities marked the 30th anniversary of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The revision of the PRC Anti-Espionage Law raised some concerns about national...more
Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more
In a blockbuster case, the Justice Department announced a global settlement with Airbus SE, a manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft, under which Airbus agreed to pay over $4 billion (yes, with a “B”) to resolve...more
Saudi Aramco has priced its offering at the high end of its range, setting the company up to raise more than $25 billion and value the company at nearly $1.7 trillion—all part of what promises to make this the world’s biggest...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more
Initially, it would not seem that much was new or different about the Microsoft FCPA enforcement action but through this exploration, I think some clear lessons have emerge. The first is around internal controls. Here there...more
Microsoft’s bribery and controls violations reflect significant risks facing companies that rely on distributor and reseller networks to sell their products. Companies often enter and operate in emerging markets through...more
Continuing our use of great drum solos to consider the Microsoft Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action, today we consider what Microsoft did to obtain their result. We have previously considered the...more
Microsoft finally resolved its FCPA enforcement action with a whimper. Notwithstanding prior suggestions that Microsoft’s investigation uncovered global conduct, Microsoft’s liability focused primarily on Microsoft’s conduct...more
Microsoft Hungary agreed to pay approximately $8.5 million to the DOJ. Together with the amounts paid to the SEC in profit disgorgement, the total is just over $25 million. Microsoft Hungary received a 25% discount off the...more
Tech companies of U.S. origin tend to have compliance programs focused on U.S. laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") and relevant tax and labor laws. The UK has enacted laws covering bribery and...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more
Those bemoaning the lack of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity can cease. With the Dun & Bradstreet Inc. (D&B) declination last week and this week’s enforcement action involving Panasonic Avionics...more
In October 2017 at the Chinese Communist Party National Congress, President Xi Jinping consolidated his hold on power and cemented himself as what many commentators are calling the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao...more
A collection of corporate heavy hitters are betting big on the blockchain technology behind bitcoin rival Ethereum to build a computing system to track data and financial contracts. The project is seen by some as a way to...more
Acting SEC Chair Michael Piwowar has reportedly scaled back some of the agency’s enforcement staff’s use of delegated authority by funneling all subpoena issuance and probe initiation through the SEC’s director of...more
On the Hill yesterday, Fed Chair Yellen acknowledged that the recent election would likely mean changes for the economy, but she said it was “too soon” to predict the nature of that economic impact at this time (though that...more
Just to add my voice to the cottage industry surrounding FCPA enforcement and compliance, I wanted to take a deep breath and offer some observations on FCPA enforcement in 2016. There are a few significant headlines...more
DOJ’s FCPA Unit knows what they are doing. In the immediate weeks after the release of the FCPA Pilot Program, DOJ publicly released two declination letters for Akamai Technologies and Nortek, Inc. and the SEC announced...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