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
The one-time middleman for KBR and its partners stood before Judge Keith P. Ellison in a Houston courtroom in February. Jeffrey Tesler faced up to ten years in prison.
Judge Ellison sentenced him to twenty-one months in the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey.… Continue Reading
Photo courtesy of the White HouseBY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
On September 11, 2001, a bright autumn day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history.… Continue Reading
I enjoyed Shruti Shah’s post last week about TI’s progress report on country enforcement in the OECD countries.
Her point about anti-corruption enforcement — that the most active countries should always encourage the laggards to be more active — seems like a critical one to me.… Continue Reading
The DOJ said in a court filing last week that it would be satisfied with home confinement instead of prison for Paul Cosgrove because of his serous health problems.
Cosgrove, 65, the former director of worldwide sales for Control Components Inc.,… Continue Reading
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.
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
From the 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
Deputy Director of Hunan Province Department of Transportation Li Xiaoxi was placed under investigation by the provincial Committee for Discipline Inspection for serious disciplinary violations. Li is the seventh senior official of the Hunan transportation department to be removed for disciplinary problems in recent years.… 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
This is Part IV of a four-part interview with Vincente Martinez, Director of the CFTC Whistleblower Office (WBO). Click here for Part I, Part II and Part III.
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Do whistleblowers have any protection against retaliation under your whistleblowing program?… Continue Reading
