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We’ve mentioned before Dan Newcomb’s FCPA Digest, calling it the most definitive publicly-available catalog of FCPA prosecutions, enforcement actions and disclosed investigations. So it’s great to see the release of the March 2009 version, available here.… Continue Reading
Raymond Fisman, left, is a professor at the Columbia Business School. In a commentary last week in Forbes titled When Corruption Is The Norm, he had this to say about Morgan Stanley’s compliance problems in China: “The .… Continue Reading
Dan Bilefsky of the New York Times is a roving reporter with a knack for revealing the heart of things. He’s done that now for the problem of petty corruption in Romania.… Continue Reading
A Reuters report said FBI Director Robert Mueller made a one-day visit to Kenya last week. After meeting with the prime minister, Mueller was quoted as saying, “We discussed what could be described as the unhealthy climate of impunity here in Kenya and steps that can be taken to investigate and to prosecute public corruption.”… Continue Reading
Two U.K. citizens who allegedly helped Houston-based Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) bribe Nigerian officials have been indicted for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jeffrey Tesler, 60, of London, England, and Wojciech Chodan, 71, of Maidenhead, England, were indicted on Feb.… Continue Reading
Our posts about extending codes of conduct to third parties (here and here) attracted some thoughtful comments from readers. We first heard from Pete from DC, an old friend of the FCPA Blog.… Continue Reading
Included in our 2008 FCPA Enforcement Index among FCPA-related private litigation was a suit called Argo-Tech Corp v. Yamada Corp. We first mentioned it in May 2008 (here). Argo-Tech is a Cleveland, Ohio-based aviation fuel-related equipment manufacturer.… Continue Reading
Disgorging profits is a common and prominent feature these days in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last year Siemens disgorged $350 million and this year KBR paid $177 million.… Continue Reading
When the student is ready, the proverb says, the teacher will appear. We must have been ready last week because two great teachers appeared. First, David P. Burns, who helped us understand the charging decisions in the Halliburton / KBR enforcement actions.… Continue Reading