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Job: Compliance Director (DaVita – Bogotá, Colombia)

The FCPA Blog May 19, 2016

Job Title: Compliance Director

Employer: DaVita

Location: Bogotá, Colombia

Description

The Compliance Director in Colombia will serve as a valued member of the company’s leadership team and will be responsible for ensuring the company’s compliance with DaVita’s Code of Conduct and applicable laws and regulations, as well as the creation and implementation of national and international anticorruption policies and procedures.… Continue Reading

Vantage Drilling reopens Asia customs and immigration bribe probe

Richard L. Cassin May 19, 2016

Image courtesy of Vantage Drilling InternationalA Houston-based drill ship operator said Friday it reopened an investigation into possible bribes in Asia for customs and immigration officials “in light of the allegations in the Petrobras matter.”… Continue Reading

Tom Fox has a tribute to Jay Martin, the CCO of Baker Hughes

Thomas Fox May 19, 2016

Today the Houston Greater Business and Ethics Roundtable (GHBER) will hold its first Ethics and Compliance Awards Dinner in honor of the 20-year anniversary of the organization’s founding. We will award the Bette Stead Leadership Award (Stead is the founder of GHBER) to Jay Martin, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel at Baker Hughes Inc.… Continue Reading

Job: Counsel, Anti-Corruption (StandardAero – Tempe, AZ)

The FCPA Blog May 19, 2016

Job Title: Counsel, Anti-Corruption

Employer: StandardAero

Location: Tempe, Arizona USA

Summary

The Counsel, Anti-Corruption (“AC Counsel”) is responsible for global Anti-Corruption Compliance for StandardAero (the “Company”) and overseeing and implementing the standards and procedures established by the Company to ensure compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and other relevant foreign anti-corruption laws, such as the United Kingdom Bribery Act.… Continue Reading

Mike Scher confronts his block of granite

Michael Scher May 18, 2016

Oh what a wonderful post Friday about writers and editors. Makes me jump up and down: In one place the Comma Queen, John McPhee (I’m working through a collection of his essays), and my editor.… Continue Reading

U.S. lifts most Burma sanctions, shows ‘strong support’ for new government

Richard L. Cassin May 18, 2016

Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar, The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the Burmese Sanctions Regulations Tuesday to support trade with Burma.

The new regulations will make it easier for U.S.… Continue Reading

Joseph Spinelli: Yes, the Yates Memo is a watershed event

Richard Bistrong May 18, 2016

Career prosecutor and current Deputy AG Sally Yates authored one the most important DOJ policy papers in decades — the Yates Memo, also known as the DOJ’s Individual Accountability Policy.

The September 2015 Yates Memo can be downloaded here (pdf).… Continue Reading

Jordan A. Thomas: SEC whistleblower collects over $5 million, third biggest award ever

Jordan A. Thomas May 18, 2016

The SEC announced Tuesday that it would award between $5 million and $6 million to a whistleblower whose detailed information led the SEC to uncover securities violations which would have been “nearly impossible to detect” without the company insider’s help.… Continue Reading

Bill Steinman: The death knell tolls for hiding beneficial owners

Bill Steinman May 17, 2016

It’s a scenario that FCPA practitioners see all too regularly. A due diligence report regarding an intermediary reveals that it’s organized not in its home jurisdiction, but in Cyprus. Or Guernsey.… Continue Reading

Richard Bistrong: I went to the symphony to learn about compliance

Richard Bistrong May 17, 2016

Image courtesy of the Music ParadigmI went to the symphony recently. But not just any symphony. It was the Music Paradigm, described as “as an engaging and unforgettable learning experience for any type of organization.”… Continue Reading

Core Labs says DOJ asks questions about Unaoil

Richard L. Cassin May 16, 2016

An Amsterdam-based oil services company said in a U.S. securities filing last week the DOJ has asked it questions in connection with the Unaoil investigation.

Core Laboratories was one of about a dozen companies named in a report in late March by the Huffington Post and Fairfax Media.… Continue Reading

Delaware judge tosses shareholder suit against Walmart directors