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
American technology and consulting company Gartner, Inc. agreed Friday to pay the SEC $2.45 million to settle charges that it violated the FCPA by bribing officials at the South Africa Revenue Service.… Continue Reading
American pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer disclosed this month that the DOJ and SEC’s investigation into possible FCPA violations has expanded to Mexico, the third county named so far.… Continue Reading
On May 17, 2023, Paulo J.D.C. Casqueiro-Murta, a Portuguese citizen extradited to Houston in July 2021, was granted dismissal by the federal district court in Houston for the second time of his 2019 indictment that charged him with one count of FCPA conspiracy and three related money-laundering counts.… Continue Reading
ByteDance is a Chinese technology company that has given the world many products and a few revolutionary ones, including TikTok. What does their anti-bribery policy look like?… Continue Reading
Netherlands-based medical device company Koninklijke Philips N.V. agreed Thursday to resolve its second FCPA enforcement action by paying the SEC $62 million for violations in China.… Continue Reading
FTX crypto-exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed a motion in federal court in New York Monday to dismiss most of the criminal charges against him, including the FCPA conspiracy count.… Continue Reading
Medical device-make Stryker Corporation — which resolved FCPA cases in 2013 and 2018 — said Tuesday in an SEC filing that it is “currently investigating whether certain business activities in a foreign country violated provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”… Continue Reading
Netherlands-based oil and gas services provider Frank’s International N.V. agreed Wednesday to pay the SEC $8 million to resolve FCPA violations for bribing Angolan officials through a sales agent.… Continue Reading
The DOJ published an updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in March, and Covington & Burling has translated it into Chinese.… Continue Reading
The World Bank debarred a private equity executive Thursday for two years for misleading the International Finance Corporation that supports a closed-end private equity fund investing in Turkey.… Continue Reading
Taylor Swift was offered a $100 million sponsorship deal from FTX but turned it down a few months before the crypto firm collapsed after asking the perfect due diligence question, according to a lawyer leading a class action suit against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and nearly a dozen celebrities who signed on with FTX.… Continue Reading
Researchers today released evidence of three new ways Pegasus spyware can infiltrate and exploit iPhones. The tools could be used to spy on anyone, creating massive economic espionage risks. … Continue Reading
