Harry Cassin
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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
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Shruti J. Shah
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Thanks to the DOJ’s hyper-enforcement since 2007, the FCPA is on its way to becoming one of the most famous laws in the world.
It makes news somewhere every day — in Africa, the U.K.,… Continue Reading
In last week’s post in this series we explained that the core purpose of the FCPA is to encourage, or require, ethical international business. Indeed, we suggested that the criterion by which FCPA reform proposals should be measured is what we might call the ethical business criterion: if a proposed reform would increase the volume of ethical business in the world, it is good; if it would do the opposite, either by relaxing ethical standards or by deterring business, it is not.… Continue Reading
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office last week charged a former sales director from Innospec with corruption relating to contracts in Indonesia.
Miltos Papachristos, 48, became the third Innospec executive to be charged by the SFO.… Continue Reading
A retired supreme court justice in Uganda has proposed anti-corruption training for citizens, starting with the school kids.
Professor George Kanyeihamba’s open letter to President Yoweri Museveni this week said the country’s Anti-Corruption Act of 2009 should be ‘compulsory reading for all Ugandans.’… Continue Reading
Joe Palazzolo and Emily Glazer at the Wall Street Journal reported today that the DOJ has gone to a grand jury with evidence of FCPA violations against U.S. executives at Avon Products.… Continue Reading
Tom Fox’s new book has already cracked Amazon’s Top 100 for international law, and it deserves to be there.
Collected in the 324-page volume are some of Tom’s best pieces from his outstanding FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.… Continue Reading
The FCPA Database continues to grow.
It’s the largest online collection of anti corruption legislation (more than 135 countries) and gift-giving regulations.
Recent additions to the countries covered by the gift-giving section include:
Argentina
Czech Republic
Kenya
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Turkey
Subscribers to the FCPA Database include many of the world’s best-known corporations, law firms, and other service providers.… Continue Reading
The leader of the Dutch government has refused to open a new investigation into the role played by Prince Bernhard in the Lockheed scandal that broke in 1976.
The head of the left-wing liberal D66 party, Alexander Pechtold, asked for ‘a commission of historians .… Continue Reading
The DOJ on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss the remaining counts against John O’Shea.
Last month, Judge Lynn Hughes dismissed all substantive FCPA charges O’Shea faced. Judge Hughes said the prosecution’s chief witness knew almost nothing about the case.… Continue Reading
A former director of state-owned Telecommunications D’Haiti accused of accepting bribes has pleaded guilty in Miami to conspiracy to launder money.
Patrick Joseph, 46, agreed to cooperate with the DOJ in exchange for consideration of a lighter sentence.… Continue Reading
“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.” So said the American inventor Charles Kettering. In FCPA circles, we’re debating whether and how to fix assorted problems in our anti-bribery regime.… Continue Reading
The NGO Global Witness has published a new report that says governments in Africa are awarding concessions and production contracts to shell companies that may have ties to government officials.
“Rigged: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil, Gas and Minerals” describes how joint ventures between international oil and gas firms and shell companies may be hiding corruption and helping fund crooked regimes.… Continue Reading
