Richard L. Cassin | Editor at large
Richard L. Cassin is the founder of the FCPA Blog. He serves as editor at large.
He has been named multiple times as one of the 100 Most Influential People In Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine. He was named a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust.
Cassin’s articles about corruption and compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Times (Singapore), New England Law Review, and many other leading publications. His opinions about FCPA enforcement have been cited recently by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Business Week, Variety, Bloomberg’s news wire, Reuters, NPR, Fox News, CNN, and others.
He was a senior partner in a major international law firm and the head of its Asia practice.
Recent Posts
At Large: Are compliance officers generalists or specialists?
All compliance officers have special skills that set them apart from everyone else. They’re “subject matter experts” in ethics and compliance. That makes them unique.
OFAC fines Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway $4 million for Iran sanctions violations
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Wednesday it fined Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. $4.2 million after a subsidiary based in Turkey knowingly
At Large: For Citibank, how many compliance officers are enough?
Citibank’s parent company, Citigroup, disclosed this year that an astounding 15 percent of its employees are now categorized as “risk, regulatory, and compliance staff,” up
At Large: Six reasons (maybe seven) to avoid that compliance job
Compliance officers are experts at spotting red flags. They can discern potential FCPA violations from the other side of the world. But what about red
New OFAC Guidance: Helping ransomware victims pay perps can violate sanctions
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a new advisory Thursday warning banks, insurance companies, negotiators and others about sanctions risks from helping
At Large: It’s a tempting time to (mis)use the ‘facilitating payments’ exception
An excellent post on the FCPA Blog last week from Matthew McFillin and Amanda Rigby of KPMG talked about Covid-19-caused government shutdowns, and delays companies
At Large: Will ‘compliance officer’ become a regulated profession?
Until now, compliance officers have stayed mostly under the government radar. They aren’t regulated or licensed, tested or monitored. Will that change? And if so,
DOJ charges oil trader with FCPA and money laundering conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted an oil trader Tuesday for bribing officials in Ecuador.
At Large: The world can’t agree on who’s a PEP. That’s a good thing
For compliance professionals and the programs they run, politically exposed persons are a big deal. PEPs trigger money laundering and corruption concerns and therefore attract
At Large: How chief compliance officers became today’s ‘super executives’
The DOJ released the first version of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in 2017. That document (with its 2019 and 2020 updates) completed the