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U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, co-sponsored the Magnitsky ActPresident Obama signed into law in December the Magnitsky Act. It targets travel and economic sanctions against those responsible for the jailing and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.… Continue Reading
In September of this year, the New York Times published an article entitled “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception.”
The article reaffirmed a widely known the truth about what has become an increasing problem in America’s higher education system.… Continue Reading
1. Allegations against Wal-Mart — Just when the debate about FCPA reform was heating up, the New York Times reported that Wal-Mart may have paid $24 million in bribes to Mexican officials to grow the business.… Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he’ll sign a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children.
The Russian parliament approved the bill Wednesday. It will become law if Putin signs it.… Continue Reading
According to Chinese reports, two unnamed hospitals in Shangrao City (Jiangxi Province) were recently fined by the authorities for paying kickbacks to medical personnel in exchange for patient referrals for CT scans and other tests.… Continue Reading
Graphic reprinted with permission of Miller & Chevalier CharteredFCPA declinations — decisions not to prosecute a company after an investigation — are hard to track.
Generally the DOJ and SEC don’t reveal anything about declinations.… Continue Reading
Results of a recent survey strongly suggest China’s real-estate sector is straining under a massive burden of bribery.
One hundred and thirty-four property developers from three provincial capitals — Wuhan (Hubei Province), Guangzhou (Guangdong Province), and Nanjing (Jiangsu Province) — participated in the survey, which was run by Zhang Hongxia, an assistant professor at Hubei University of Education.… Continue Reading
The temptation when writing about corruption is to focus on statistics and policy details instead of people — both the victims and the heroes.
But Laurence Cockcroft leaves math and wonkiness behind (no small feat for an economist) and delivers a great narrative.… Continue Reading
A status conference in U.S. v. Weissman before Judge Barbara S. Jones in New York City has been scheduled for January 3.
Morris Weissman’s case is one of the longest running FCPA matters.… Continue Reading
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The staff of the FCPA Blog. (L to R) Richard L. Cassin, Benjamin Kessler, April Mae Nicolas, Cesar Oliveira, Chua Guan Cheong, Dhurrga Ettikan, Gonzalo Sanchez-Jara, Maria Dolores Hernandez Jimenez, Kelly Lee, Zhang Min, Melanie Lansakara… Continue Reading
An article in the National Review Friday slammed the FCPA and the DOJ’s enforcement of it.
And it cast Wal-Mart as a victim of an unclear law, forced to pay at least $100 million so far for an unnecessary internal investigation, and potentially on the hook for much more because of what it called facilitating payments to low-level bureaucrats in Mexico.… Continue Reading
A federal judge Thursday angrily rejected a proposed 2011 settlement between the SEC and IBM, saying the company should be required to report all accounting violations and not just FCPA anti-bribery problems.… Continue Reading
