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Adding on to the conversation about teaching compliance to law students, here is what we’re doing in Minneapolis/St. Paul at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
This fall (2014) we launched LL.M.… Continue Reading
Transparency International signed a letter with prominent prosecutors and corruption hunters addressing G8 leaders on the urgency to curb money laundering.
Dear G20 leaders,
When a global financial system allows billions of dollars of corrupt or stolen money to flow unchecked around the globe, something is wrong.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of the Integrity InitiativeThe Philippines has always been known to be one of the world’s most corrupt countries. That perception has done much to erode the nation’s credibility and has resulted in its citizens seeming lack of hope and perpetual cynicism.… Continue Reading
Police are investigating an alleged money laundering operation at Cash for Gift Card stores in Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
The stores pay cash for gift cards.
According to court documents, police think some of the cards were acquired by thieves who stole goods from Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, and other retailers, and then “returned” the goods in exchange for gift cards from the retailers.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of Bio-Rad LaboratoriesVietnam’s Ministry of Health Thursday ordered a review of purchases of medical equipment manufactured by Seattle-based Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., following the company’s $55 million settlement of FCPA offenses, which included allegations of bribery in Vietnam.… Continue Reading
Jiang Yesheng, a lawyer and director at Anhui Runtian Law Firm, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for allegedly offering cash of $424,718 and a property to government officials who have steered potential clients to him.… Continue Reading
I have just finished my fourth year of teaching a course on compliance and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act created for the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.… Continue Reading
On November 3, 2014, China’s legislature released for public comment (Chinese) draft amendments to China’s Criminal Law (“the Draft Amendments”), a number of which broaden and strengthen crimes and penalties related to bribery and corruption.… Continue Reading
Before I move on to the concluding posts in this series on Collective Action, I’d like to respond to some of the comments which you have made over the last few weeks.… Continue Reading
Here’s some general information about the federal law known as the False Claims Act and how it works. This comes from a DOJ white paper.
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The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C.… Continue Reading
Compliance professionals facing push back from deal makers ought to take heart from a recent English High Court decision involving UBS (AG) London UBS and Leipzig’s water utility KWL.
The decision (available here) is long and complex and arises from the sale and enforcement of collaterised debt obligations with potentially huge liabilities.… Continue Reading
A Benedictine abbey in Germany’s southern state of Baden Württemberg has discovered a secret fortune amassed by the former spiritual head of the monastery.
Norbert Stoffels was abbot of Nereseheim Abbey from 1977 until he died in 2012.… Continue Reading
