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
DOJ charges former Herbalife execs with FCPA conspiracy and obstruction
The Justice Department Thursday charged two former Herbalife executives with bribing Chinese officials for ten years and covering it up by lying to the SEC
How co-working magnifies compliance perils
My writing desk these days is located in a co-working space in Austin, Texas. The atmosphere is bright, cheerful, and totally informal. But for some
Jury convicts Hoskins of multiple FCPA and money laundering offenses
A former Alstom SA executive who carried a UK passport, worked in France, and said he never set foot in the United States, was convicted
These ‘mistakes’ are behind most OFAC violations
Earlier this year the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control published A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments. It describes essential components of a sanctions
Who did Unaoil work for?
Last week the DOJ revealed guilty pleas by the two Ahsani brothers who were running Monaco-based intermediary Unaoil. The brothers copped to a ten-country bribery
SEC says Collectors Café CEO illegally muzzled shareholders
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday the CEO of Collectors Café used settlement agreements with aggrieved investors that illegally prohibited them from complaining to
Compliance chief busted for stealing confidential SEC information
A former examiner for the Securities and Exchange Commission allegedly took “compromising” information about an SEC investigation into a private equity firm that hired him
DOJ: Unaoil bosses have pleaded guilty to FCPA conspiracy
The former CEO and former chief operations officer of Monaco-based Unaoil pleaded guilty in March to arranging millions in bribes to officials in at least
Feds turn up heat on Lori Loughlin and husband
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts brought more charges this week against eleven parents who refused plea deals in the college admissions cheating
A ‘speak up’ culture can still be hard to find
Nearly a third of employees in Singapore were aware of misconduct at work during the past year but most of them didn’t report it to management, according to a survey released Monday by the Institute of Business Ethics.