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By Jeffrey M. Kaplan and Rebecca Walker
In a column published earlier this year, the New York Times’ Ethicist was asked about the ethics of an employee’s skipping FCPA compliance training where the training seemingly bore no relevance to his or her actual job.… Continue Reading
Plans to break up the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office are suddenly on hold.
The Telegraph reported Sunday that the Home Office “hastily” delayed a consultation on its plan to divide the SFO.… Continue Reading
I am fascinated and gladdened by the FCPA Blog`s ongoing discussion — particularly the posts of Jeffrey Kaplan and John Ruggie — concerning corporate conduct and human rights. Not only are the FCPA and human rights laws both key components of any overseas compliance function, but they bear a much deeper affinity: they are two planks of an international business law regime that increasingly distinguishes the U.S.… Continue Reading
Meanwhile, in a freezer in the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, alongside biological evidence from hundreds of other murders, the swab of the bite mark on Sherri Rasmussen’s arm lay waiting for forensic science—and the LAPD’s scrutiny—to catch up with it.… Continue Reading
The DOJ said today that Jorge Granados, the former CEO of Miami-based Latin Node Inc. (LatiNode), pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay bribes to government officials in Honduras.
Four former senior executives of LatiNode have now pleaded guilty in the case.… Continue Reading
What do we think of the recent ‘foreign official’ rulings in the Carson and Lindsey cases?
In 2009, in a post called We Get It, we said lawyers are trained to quibble and criminal defense lawyers do it best.… Continue Reading
Judge James V. Selna yesterday denied the Carson defendants motion to dismiss ten FCPA-related counts in the indictment against them based on the definition of “foreign official” in the FCPA.
Stuart Carson, his wife Hong “Rose” Carson, Paul Cosgrove, and David Edmonds — all former executives of California-based Control Components Inc.… Continue Reading
An often-heard complaint in the compliance community is that the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t issue “guidance” to help individuals and companies comply with the FCPA. But that’s not strictly true.… Continue Reading
Last month, Rep. James McGovern, a Democrat from Massachusetts, introduced the “Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2011.” Two other Democrats and four Republican members co-sponsored the bill. It’s now pending before the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Financial Services.… Continue Reading
In an FCPA settlement announced today, Luxembourg-based pipe maker Tenaris became the first company to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in any kind of enforcement action.… Continue Reading
The State Department yesterday entered into what it called a civil settlement with BAE for alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 C.F.R.… Continue Reading
Will he ever come back to help his wife, Angela Aguilar?
She’s the Mexican citizen convicted last week in the Lindsey trial of conspiracy to launder money. When sentenced in LA on August 12, she’s facing up to 30 years in prison.… Continue Reading