Julie DiMauro | Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro is a senior reporter at Global Relay in NYC. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham and Seattle Universities, a co-chair of the Financial Women’s Association’s Corporate Governance Committee, a contributing editor of the FCPA Blog, and an attorney.
She can be reached at on Twitter @Julie_DiMauro.
Recent Posts
Special report: Has the FBI disbanded its FCPA Unit?
The FCPA Blog posed this question to the DOJ and FBI’s public affairs’ offices Wednesday: Has the FCPA Unit at the FBI been disbanded? In response, Christopher Allen in the FBI’s Public Affairs Office said: “The FBI’s investigations are managed through the International Corruption Unit, and that unit is absolutely not being disbanded.”
Report: DOJ investigating National Geographic Society for Egypt payments
DOJ has opened a criminal bribery investigation into the nonprofit, National Geographic Society, and the details are worthy of another Indiana Jones movie or an Egypt-based episode of the Bones TV show.
Mixed reviews for social media from compliance pros
Social media can be used to help disseminate information about a compliance program and to promote the program’s virtues. But some think using social media for anything related to compliance it still too risky. The FCPA Blog reached out to several experts for their insights.
Pep talk from SEC boss to compliance officers
SEC Chairman Mary Jo White told an audience Tuesday from the National Society of Compliance Professionals that compliance officers “have a very tough job in a complex industry where the stakes for all concerned are extremely high.”
Singapore firm at center of widening Navy bribe scandal
The U.S. government has barred Singapore-based Glenn Defence Marine Asia Ltd. (GDMA) from new contracts following a Navy bribery scandal that named Glenn and its chief executive, Leonard Glenn Francis.
Siemens compliance officer retaliation suit dismissed
A federal lawsuit by the compliance officer for Siemens’ healthcare business in China who said he was fired for internally reporting FCPA violations was dismissed Monday. The U.S. District Court in New York said the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act don’t apply outside the United States.
Fed faults Commerzbank foreign account controls
The U.S. Federal Reserve said last week it was requiring Commerzbank AG in Germany and its New York branch to improve compliance with federal and state anti-money laundering (AML) laws.
The next big thing — PR meets compliance
Corporate compliance programs are no longer classified as “nice to have,” nor are they mere responses to allegations of wrongdoing. Some companies are going beyond mentioning how they have cleared their names with regulators after an investigation; they’re actively promoting the components of an effective strategy.