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
Ericsson pays $1 billion to resolve FCPA violations
Swedish telecom Ericsson agreed Friday to pay the DOJ and SEC over $1 billion in one of the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions
U.S. Bank Regulators: Hemp growers aren’t always ‘suspicious’
Four federal agencies and state bank regulators said Tuesday that banks are no longer required to file suspicious activity reports for customers solely because they’re
Trending: Juries convict six FCPA defendants in rare trials
FCPA-related jury trials are rare. In some years there might be one but in many years there are none. This year, however, there were three,
UK Enforcement: Alstom unit fined $21 million for overseas bribes
The SFO’s decade-long investigation of Paris-based Alstom ended Monday with the sentencing of a UK subsidiary for bribery in Tunisia.
OFAC: Apple’s faulty screening caused 47 sanctions violations
Apple, Inc. agreed Monday to pay $467,000 to settle violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations after its screening tool failed to detect a
Jury convicts Mark Lambert on FCPA and related charges
The former president of a Maryland-based transportation company was convicted Friday of bribing a Russian official in exchange for contracts to deliver nuclear materials to
Samsung Heavy Industries pays $75 million to resolve FCPA offenses
One of the world’s biggest shipbuilders agreed Friday to pay $75 million in total penalties to resolve criminal FCPA offenses in Brazil.
Former Braskem CEO charged with FCPA and money laundering conspiracies
The DOJ unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging the former chief executive officer of Braskem S.A. with helping his company and Odebrecht S.A. amass a giant
Will ‘civilized states’ end the scourge of Red Notices?
Interpol has 194 member countries. They can all request Red Notices and most of them have. How is it then that just one member —
Former Keppel lawyer sentenced to time served
The former lawyer at Keppel Offshore & Marine who helped the DOJ prosecute his ex-employer for FCPA violations in Brazil was sentenced Friday to time