Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
According to people at the federal district court in DC, the jury in the second Africa sting trial told the judge earlier today they’ve reached a unanimous verdict on certain counts (which means specific defendants) and are deadlocked on other counts.… Continue Reading
Foreign corporate prosecutions can involve headline-grabbing multimillion dollar fines, international corporate scandals, and even diplomatic intrigue. Over the past two decades, federal prosecutors have focused their attention on international antitrust cartels, bribery of foreign governments, ocean dumping, and other crimes that involve corporate conduct abroad.… Continue Reading
[The DOJ] rarely has the ability to obtain the testimony of foreign witnesses. It is difficult to obtain foreign documents. Defense lawyers should put the government to its burden of proof and not confess without a trial.… Continue Reading
The FCPA Database now has gift-giving regulations for the countries at the left.
Subscribers also have access to anti-corruption legislation from about 135 countries (and counting).
New jurisdictions are added often to both the legislation and gift-giving sections.… Continue Reading
Sam Rubenfeld of the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the wife of a current defendant in the Haiti telco case has been indicted.
A second superseding indictment filed in Miami federal court named Cecilia Zurita, a former vice president of Cinergy Telecommunications Inc.,… Continue Reading
It’s Chinese New Year next week, when people in Hong Kong and Singapore take a few days off from the pursuit of making money.
The 2012 index of economic freedom ranked those countries first and second respectively.… Continue Reading
The Serious Fraud Office said the former sales and marketing director in the U.K. for Innospec pleaded guilty this week to three criminal counts of conspiracy to corrupt.
David Turner, 56, appeared Tuesday at the Southwark Crown Court in London.… Continue Reading
At four in the afternoon on Thursday last week, a jury began deliberating the fate of five Africa sting defendants.
R. Patrick Caldwell, John Mushriqui, Jeana Mushriqui, John Godsey, and Marc Morales are on trial for substantive FCPA violations and money laundering.… Continue Reading
Since we posted John O’Shea’s order of acquittal earlier today, let’s do another.
In late December, Africa sting defendant Stephen G. Giordanella was acquitted after U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled there was insufficient evidence to sustain an FCPA conspiracy conviction.… Continue Reading
Here’s what Judge Lynn Hughes, left, said when he ruled in favor of John O’Shea’s motion to dismiss the substantive FCPA counts against him.
Charles Duross was there for the DOJ and Joel Androphy for O’Shea.… Continue Reading
Joel Androphy, left, is the lawyer who led John O’Shea’s defense team to a stunning win.
On Monday, Judge Lynn Hughes tossed all twelve substantive FCPA counts against O’Shea (the judge’s order is below).… Continue Reading
Ouch. While Jessica Tillipman’s recent post describes my article FCPA Sanctions: Too Big to Debar (co-authored with Nicholas Wagoner) as “all slogan and little substance,” it is her response – both here and in the Fordham online-only editorial blog, that engages primarily in name-calling and insults.… Continue Reading
