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
Job Title:Head of Compliance
Employer: Ericsson
Location: Bellevue, Washington USA
Description
The Head of Compliance is responsible for the strategy, establishment and maintenance of all compliance, risk and security activities required to safely and effectively deliver BSS managed services to T-Mobile.… Continue Reading
Kmart Corp. paid the United States $1.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using drug manufacturer coupons and gasoline discounts to lure Medicare beneficiary to its pharmacies, the Justice Department said Tuesday.… Continue Reading
China’s latest anti-graft target among state-owned enterprises is steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel and its former chairman.
Deng Qilin, chairman of the Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. until June 2015, is alleged to have committed “serious violations of discipline,” according to news on the website of the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).… Continue Reading
One of the more interesting facets of the recent Vicente Eduardo Garcia Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) criminal enforcement action was the involvement in the investigation of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation.… Continue Reading
President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala resigned Thursday and will face charges in the customs scandal that has destroyed his government and mobilized ordinary citizens to protest against the sleaze.
On Tuesday, the national congress stripped Molina of immunity from prosecution.… Continue Reading
A former Silicon Valley manager at the company that developed the mega-hit Game of War was arrested last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
Jing Zeng, 42, was detained at San Francisco International Airport as he prepared to board a flight for China, the DOJ said.… Continue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned officials not to spend public funds on extravagant banquets or gifts as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches.
The Mid-Autumn Festival (September 27 this year) ranks second among China’s holiday sales periods, after the Lunar New Year.… Continue Reading
In late July, a 31-year-old photojournalist was found murdered in an apartment in Mexico City. Rubén Espinosa had been tied up and tortured and finally shot twice in the head.
Also found murdered in the apartment were four women, including a human-rights activist.… Continue Reading
I said in the prior post that effectiveness is the most difficult variable to measure among all variables associated with whistleblowing. There is no agreed definition of what whistleblowing effectiveness is and no consensus on a model to measure it.… Continue Reading
Transparency International’s 2015 Exporting Corruption report indicates that about half of the OECD antibribery convention countries have failed to prosecute any foreign bribery cases since 1999.
Nine countries with 12.6 percent of world exports have only limited enforcement, and twenty countries with 20.5 percent of world exports have little or no enforcement.… Continue Reading
On August 29, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted a slate of amendments to the country’s Criminal Law.
Draft amendments to the Criminal Law were previously released for public comment on November 3, 2014 (see our e-alert here).… Continue Reading
Despite its tremendous potential to influence law and public policy, whistleblowing effectiveness has been less studied than whistleblower motivations and the consequences whistleblowers must often endure for speaking up.
This may come as no surprise.… Continue Reading
