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Lori Loughlin wants to clear her name. She hopes to convince a jury she’s innocent of the three charges against her in the college admissions cheating scandal that are collectively punishable by up to 45 years in prison.… Continue Reading
A natural foods and bio tech firm said Thursday that practices at a company it acquired in Mexico have triggered DOJ and SEC investigations into potential environmental and FCPA compliance matters.… Continue Reading
Last year 14 companies paid a record $2.9 billion to resolve FCPA cases. That includes amounts assessed in resolutions with the DOJ or SEC or both.… Continue Reading
In early December, when Assistant AG Brian Benczkowski summarized the year’s FCPA enforcement scoreboard against individuals, he surprised just about everyone.… Continue Reading
I’ll sum up my three biggest FCPA stories of the year this way: Enforcement, enforcement, enforcement.… Continue Reading
It made sense for Lawrence Hoskins to challenge whether the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could apply to him. He had worked for Alstom SA, a French company, in Paris. He carried a UK passport and said he never set foot in the United States.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Wednesday to propose another version of its rule to require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments to foreign governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.… Continue Reading
The former chairman of Goldman Sachs in Southeast Asia settled civil FCPA charges with the SEC Monday for his role in the looting of the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.… Continue Reading
Here’s the FCPA Blog’s list of the 40 biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolutions of all time.… Continue Reading
Last week’s $1.06 billion blockbuster resolution by Sweden’s Ericsson included disgorgement to the SEC of $540 million. By our count that’s the second biggest disgorgement ever ordered in an FCPA enforcement action.… Continue Reading
Stockholm-based Ericsson cracked our top ten list Friday with a $1 billion mega-settlement that landed at number two.… Continue Reading
Swedish telecom Ericsson agreed Friday to pay the DOJ and SEC over $1 billion in one of the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions ever.… Continue Reading