News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
A subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. agreed with the DOJ today to pay a $15 million criminal penalty to resolve FCPA violations in Bulgaria, Croatia, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
Pfizer also agreed with the SEC to pay $26.3 million in disgorgement of profits and pre-judgment interest to settle civil charges.… Continue Reading
Corruption is not a small problem in Egypt and, in fact, threatens to undermine the state. The finance committee of the Egyptian parliament’s upper house, the Shura Council, confirmed this in a recently released report that has reportedly “created a firestorm.”… Continue Reading
Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited said it was subpoenaed by the SEC because of potential FCPA compliance problems in Latin America.
Drug-maker Teva, one of Israel’s biggest companies, said in an SEC filing last week it is cooperating with the U.S.… Continue Reading
It turned out that the music didn’t die after all and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife enforcement of the Lacey Act against Gibson Guitar Corp. was justified.
On August 6, 2012, the Department of Justice announced it had reached a resolution of charges against Gibson Guitar for violations of the Lacey Act, which a 111-year-old law, that originally enacted to protect wildlife.… Continue Reading