Job: Sr. Director Global Compliance & Ethics
The FCPA Blog
June 23, 2021
Job Title: Sr. Director Global Compliance & Ethics
Employer: Sitecore
Location: Boston, Massachusetts or Manchester, New Hampshire… Continue Reading
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Using captive insurance alternatives to protect companies and their directors and officers for FCPA-related exposure
Daniel Chefitz and Sergio Oehninger
June 22, 2021
Increased regulatory enforcement exposure continues to present directors and officers (D&O) insurance challenges for corporate policyholders. Policies that cover the costly expenses incurred in connection with regulatory investigations, liability payments, and resulting securities litigation are becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive to obtain.… Continue Reading
Canadian courts assist crypto recovery
Lincoln Caylor and Nina Butz
June 21, 2021
Canada is often considered a haven for laundered money and wrongfully hidden assets, with judges acknowledging that the law has been slow to catch up to these crimes. … Continue Reading
How do you ‘market’ your compliance program?
Richard L. Cassin
June 17, 2021
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 trying to understand how compliance officers can be most effective.… Continue Reading
World Bank debars Chinese company for bribery
Harry Cassin
June 16, 2021
The World Bank debarred a Chinese construction company Wednesday for two years for a fraudulent and corrupt practice connected to a project in China.… Continue Reading
Proposed German corporate legislation introduces respondeat superior, compliance defense, and cooperation credit
Adrian Sandberg
June 16, 2021
The upcoming German Corporate Sanctions Act (Verbandssanktionsgesetz aka VerSanG) draft represents a major change for businesses. Originally drafted by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in 2019, it introduces the idea of non-natural persons being subject to criminal liability, which is a firmly established concept in many other jurisdictions.… Continue Reading
Job: Third Party Program Manager
The FCPA Blog
June 15, 2021
Job Title: Third Party Program Manager
Employer: Penumbra, Inc.
Location: Alameda, California USA (Temporarily Remote)… Continue Reading
Compliance is even more important when no one is watching
Julie DiMauro
June 15, 2021
Most of us feel like we are in Teams and Zoom calls all day long, so it might sound silly if I talk about those times of the day when no one is watching.… Continue Reading
Job: Compliance Expert
The FCPA Blog
June 14, 2021
Job Title: Compliance Expert
Employer: Basel Institute on Governance
Location: Basel, Switzerland… Continue Reading
Three reasons why FCPA corporate enforcement has stalled
Harry Cassin
June 14, 2021
As a government outsider, it’s impossible to know why there hasn’t yet been any DOJ or SEC corporate enforcement of the FCPA under the current administration. Here are three possible reasons:… Continue Reading
America: Let’s not pat ourselves on the back quite yet
Jessica Tillipman
June 10, 2021
Anti-corruption experts around the world cheered last week when the Biden Administration announced that “countering corruption [is] a core United States national security interest.” And for good reason – the announcement identifies many of the issues that are critical in the global fight against corruption.… Continue Reading
Former UK prosecutor: Don’t get caught in an endless cycle of internal investigations
Lloydette Bai-Marrow
June 9, 2021
Corporate investigations initiated internally can be driven by two key factors: The need for a swift resolution, and the fear of external intervention either by a law enforcement or regulatory authority.… Continue Reading