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
U.S. v. Green, Take One
Two weeks from now, in a Los Angeles federal district court, the husband-and-wife Hollywood movie producers charged with violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
A Straight Shot At FCPA Compliance
Question: What essential aspect of FCPA compliance is also the toughest for organizations to come by? Here’s a hint. It’s what made the man on
The Accounting Standards Make The Shortlist
The FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions attract lots more attention than its accounting standards — and there’s no mystery why. Public corruption is fascinating, while public accounting
FCPA To The World: I Want You
In its early days, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 stirred up a lot of angry talk from Americans because of its extra-territorial reach.
Jurisdiction Untangled
So much of the buzz about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act right now concerns investigations of name-brand foreign companies — Siemens, BAE and Panalpina among
Siemens’ Employees Come In From The Cold
German engineering giant Siemens AG said yesterday that it will extend its employee-amnesty program for another month until the end of February. The extension is
Who’s Monitoring The Monitors?
Ellen Podgor at the indispensable White Collar Crime Prof Blog has a post about the federal compliance monitors program here. It links to an article
Another Look At China
Yesterday we talked about a recent story in the Chinese press blaming foreign companies for more than half of the PRC’s corruption, and singling out
Most Corruption Comes From Abroad, Says China
A Special Warning For U.S. Companies As China battles indigenous corruption, it’s also spotlighting foreign and especially U.S. companies that are importing illegal practices into
Politics Is Still A Risky Business
A note to our readers: Former Indonesian President Suharto, 86, died on Sunday, January 27, 2008. He led Indonesia from 1965 until 1998, when he