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: When staying home became a selfless act
Most of us are under quarantine now, more or less. And there’s no denying that each day is a battle — against fear, boredom, and
At Large: Is the compliance department muscle or fat?
Covid-19 has forced companies everywhere into survival mode. Executives, staff, and other workers are losing pay or being furloughed or pink slipped, and no one
At Large: No toilet paper? That reminds me of the compliance department . . .
In Newport, Oregon, police are asking citizens to stop calling 9-1-1 to report that they’ve run out of toilet paper. The UK’s sewage system is
At Large: Recommended movies for socially-distanced compliance professionals
Staying home and avoiding other people is everyone’s new main “activity.” And big gaps are appearing in most of our regularly scheduled programming (no live
At Large: The coronavirus is weird, frightening, and truly dangerous
What a week. Did we hit bottom yet? It’s hard to know. Every day brought so much bad news.
Judge grants FCPA defendants Baptiste and Boncy new trials
A federal judge in Boston Wednesday ordered new trials for two FCPA defendants convicted by a jury last year of planning to bribe officials in
At Large: Lori Loughlin’s conditions of pretrial release
The awful ordeal for anyone accused of a serious federal crime doesn’t start with a conviction or plea deal. It begins with indictment and arrest.
Hoskins wins acquittal on FCPA counts
A federal judge Wednesday partially acquitted the former Alstom S.A. executive convicted by a federal jury in November of bribing officials in Indonesia, ruling that
At Large: Do we like compliance officers yet?
A person with good manners might put it this way: On the topic of compliance officers, opinion is still divided. Others might just say that
DOJ charges former Alstom and Marubeni execs with FCPA offenses
The DOJ unsealed an indictment Tuesday against two former executives of Alstom S.A. and a former executive of the Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation, for