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: Why jerks make the worst compliance officers
At work, when a boss or colleague insults us, whether intentionally or not, we feel it. Our usual reaction? Clam up and retreat into our
At Large: Five things to know about executive compensation clawbacks in FCPA cases
Last month, on the same day the DOJ and SEC imposed $3.3 billion in financial penalties against Goldman Sachs for 1MDB-related FCPA violations, Goldman’s board
At Large: No amount of due diligence can solve this compliance problem
How much due diligence is enough when dealing with Chinese companies? Here’s a better way to ask the question: If Chinese companies are beyond the
Goldman Sachs lands second on the FCPA disgorgement top ten list
As part of Goldman Sachs’ record-breaking $3.3 billion FCPA resolution, the SEC ordered the company to disgorge $606.3 million. That’s the second biggest disgorgement ever
At Large: Did ‘culture shock’ derail Beam Suntory’s criminal FCPA resolution?
How to explain it? Beam Suntory’s 2018 FCPA civil settlement with the SEC went so well. The SEC praised the company’s cooperation and took into
At Large: Get ready for a SAD winter
In normal years during winter, somewhere around 20 percent of Americans living in the middle and northern latitudes suffer some degree of seasonal affective disorder
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