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Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
In August, the Wall Street Journal reported that NCR managers complained about a Dutch in-house lawyer who opposed sales practices that might have violated the FCPA and eventually replaced him with a Chinese lawyer.… Continue Reading
We’re pleased to announce the upcoming release of The China Anti-Corruption Handbook, the most detailed study of business corruption and enforcement in China ever published.
The handbook combines industry analytics and trending data for domestic and international anti-corruption enforcement involving China, including FCPA enforcement.… Continue Reading
We’ve added a members area to the FCPA Blog.
Benefits of membership include unlimited access to ethiXbase 2.0, with its vast reservoir of up-to-the-minute information you need to manage a world of compliance risks.… Continue Reading
FCPA Blog members area, here is Harris Corporation’s full FCPA disclosure from its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 27, 2012:
… Continue ReadingAs an international company, we are, from time to time, the subject of investigations relating to our international operations, including under the U.S.
French defense and security firm Safran was fined €500,000 last week by a court in Paris for bribing government officials in Nigeria.
Reuters reported that an investigating magistrate ‘found that the bribes had helped Safran win a €170 million contract to make more than 70 million identity cards.’… Continue Reading
Building services company ABM Industries Incorporated said it has spent ‘$3.3 million of legal fees and other costs associated with an internal investigation into a foreign entity previously affiliated with a joint venture.’… Continue Reading