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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

Do Top-Level Execs Get A Pass From DOJ?

In today’s White Collar Crime Prof Blog, former federal prosecutor Solomon Wisenberg has a post called DOJ’s Fraud Protection Racket.

Wisenberg — writing about a New York Times article that discusses what he calls the ‘DOJ’s pathetic track record in prosecuting and convicting individual high profile fraudsters in connection with the financial crisis’ — said the DOJ’s failure to prosecute individuals for criminal fraud reflects the Administration’s policy.… Continue Reading

The Hunt For Public International Organizations

After it signed the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the U.S. in 1998 amended the FCPA through the International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act. Among other things, the 1998 amendment widened the definition of “foreign official” to include any officer or employee of a public international organization or any person acting in an official capacity for, or on behalf of, any such public international organization.… Continue Reading