Richard L. Cassin | Editor at large
Richard L. Cassin founded the FCPA Blog and now serves as editor-at-large.
He was named multiple times by Ethisphere Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.
Before founding the FCPA Blog, he was a senior partner in a major international law firm and the head of its Singapore office and Asia practice.
Cassin’s articles about corruption and compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Times (Singapore), New England Law Review, and other leading publications. His opinions about FCPA enforcement have been cited by the New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Variety, Bloomberg’s news wire, Reuters, NPR, Fox News, CNN, and others.
Recent Posts
What’s the verdict? Has the pandemic helped or hurt compliance?
The United States reported its first coronavirus death on February 29, 2020. Two weeks later, on March 15, the CDC advised against gatherings of more
Do you know how KYC applies to FCPA risk assessment?
Know-your-customer is usually associated with anti-money laundering programs. Customers (or clients) with close ties to corrupt leaders, for example, are flagged as an AML risk.
Five obstacles that can impede compliance training
Compliance training doesn’t always work. Sometimes trainers and trainees don’t click. Sessions are flat. Trainees are unengaged, bored, and sleepy. What’s gone wrong?
State-Granted Monopolies: Are they your best (and worst) customers?
They are so familiar to those of us who follow FCPA enforcement actions that we’re likely to stop noticing them. Petrobras in Brazil, Corpoelec and
Yes, compliance officers are disciplinarians too
They craft policies, train employees, oversee due diligence, perform risk assessments, and lead investigations. But there’s another compliance role that’s practically unknown: disciplinarian.
Was Amec Foster Wheeler ‘afraid’ of its agents?
It’s a strange scenario. How did London-based Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) end up with agents in three different countries for a single, relatively small project
Why FCPA cover-ups are worse than the crime
Every compliance training session should include this warning: If you ever become involved with, see, or otherwise discover a potential FCPA violation, stop everything. Don’t
How do you ‘market’ your compliance program?
Nothing sells itself, not even compliance. There’s always a process of presentation. So if we talk about “marketing” compliance, we’re not cheapening it. Instead, we’re
Can your company keep a promise to cooperate?
Why is cooperation in corporate enforcement actions such a big deal? Because from the outside, most companies are a black box. Without help, it’s impossible
Why has corporate FCPA enforcement stopped?
The first four months of 2021 saw only one FCPA enforcement action against a corporate defendant. That’s the slowest start for at least 10 years.