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On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case against former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives Gordon Coburn and Steven Schwartz, United...more
On April 2, 2025, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss with prejudice its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) case against two former executives of a technology solutions company (“Company”). The executives were...more
On December 5, 2024, DOJ announced a settlement with McKinsey and Company for $122 million for bribes paid to South African government officials to secure valuable consulting contracts....more
DOJ is pushing hard for voluntary disclosures and urging companies to take advantage of its Voluntary Disclosure Program. The carrot is significant — a declination in exchange for cooperation, remediation and disgorgement....more
The Department of Justice’s blockbuster FCPA settlement with Gunvor restores the credibility of DOJ’s pronouncements of DOJ’s commitment to aggressive FCPA enforcement. While I have questioned DOJ’s commitment to its...more
Over this series, I have reviewed the messages communicated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from three key Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions regarding...more
Over the past 15 months the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made clear through three Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and speeches, their priorities in...more
Over the past 15 months, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have made clear, through three Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions and speeches, their priorities in...more
On December 14, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Fraud Section announced the settlement of insider trading fraud charges and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)...more
The Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement record for 2024 was slow. This trend was unexpected, contrary to my own predictions and of various other prognosticators. It is hard to explain why this slowdown occurred....more
The Tysers and Wood FCPA settlements reflect something old and something new in the FCPA enforcement world. On the old side, at the core of the FCPA violations was the critical role played by the intermediary company....more
DOJ announced two recent FCPA settlements with U.K. based reinsurance brokers involving a long-running bribery scheme involving two Ecuadoran state-owned insurance companies. While DOJ has had a slow year in FCPA...more
On September 29, 2023, Albemarle Corporation (“Albemarle”), a global chemical manufacturer, reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to resolve...more
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
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
The past few weeks have not been kind to 3M. The company recently settled with the SEC for $6.5 million to resolve alleged FCPA violations related to its Chinese subsidiary’s dealings with Chinese state-owned healthcare...more
You can always learn a lot from reviewing the underlying conduct to an FCPA enforcement action. Chief compliance officers can identify specific risk factors, mitigation steps and root causes for bribery schemes. ...more
In May 2023, a complex SEC law enforcement proceeding was concluded against Philips, a public Dutch medtech company. The proceeding concluded with a settlement, whereby Philips agreed to pay a fine of more than USD 62 million...more
We all know and hear about third-party risks – over and over again. Despite this recurring theme, organizations continue to pay the price for failing to address third-party issues. It does not take a rocket scientist to...more
FCPA settlement actions often underscore specific compliance risks for legal and compliance professionals. If there ever was a case where third-party risks were bungled, and even intentionally embraced, the Foster Wheeler...more