Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
The message in our inbox yesterday said: You may find this interesting if you haven’t seen it already. It’s the Woolf Committee Report on BAE — released this morning. It’s breathtaking in the extent to which they have focused stubbornly on the future and avoided a meaningful review of past conduct.… Continue Reading
Can an employee be charged with a criminal violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act even if his or her company isn’t convicted of an FCPA offense? Yes. An employee can be prosecuted under the FCPA even if the employer hasn’t been convicted.… Continue Reading
Aside from the villa on Lake Como and the Aston Martin in the garage, the greatest perk that comes from tending this garden is hearing from so many talented experts in the field of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.… Continue Reading
We enjoy a good argument just as much as the next lawyer. Stare decisis, analogy, plain meaning, ambiguity — bring ’em on. Which is why it took us awhile — the better part of two decades, but who’s counting — to firmly grasp this simple idea: When it comes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, forget the fancy lawyer stuff.… Continue Reading
Tomorrow is May 1st — also known as May Day or International Workers’ Day — a public holiday in much of the world, including our present location. It’s a day to honor workers and their achievements, and to give people a well-timed spring holiday.… Continue Reading
We’ve noticed that when prices for energy and other commodities climb, there’s more public corruption. Spiking prices, after all, mean fatter margins for producers and proportionately more insecurity for consumers. Meanwhile, middlemen see nothing but opportunities.… Continue Reading
The Justice Department has announced the April 22, 2008 sentencing of former World Bank employee, Ramendra Basu. The Indian national and U.S. permanent resident received 15 months in prison for conspiring to award World Bank contracts to consultants in exchange for kickbacks and for helping a contractor bribe a foreign official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.… Continue Reading
Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein writes in today’s paper here about the boom for law firms, accountants, investigators, computer forensics specialists, compliance consultants, conference organizers, “risk mitigators” and others triggered by the recent increase in enforcement activity, internal investigations and self-reporting under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.… Continue Reading
The U.K. government is appealing the High Court’s ruling that the Serious Fraud Office broke the law in shutting down an investigation into BAE’s sale of jet fighters to Saudi Arabia.… Continue Reading
When the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act became law in 1977, it ignited suspicions outside Washington that the government was planning a clever ambush, like a central-Florida speed trap, intended to catch unsuspecting business people and their lawyers in felonious conduct overseas.… Continue Reading
Russia’s English-language Moscow Times carries a provocative page-one story today (here) by Anders Aslund titled, “There Is Nothing Normal About Corruption.” Author Aslund is a senior fellow at Washington, D.C.’s… Continue Reading
We admit to being stunned. Boggled, bowled over, dumbfounded, floored and flabbergasted (thanks, Roget’s). We never expected the British High Court to disturb the U.K.’s somnolent status quo in the fight against international public corruption, by ruling that the Serious Fraud Office broke the law in dropping its investigation of BAE.… Continue Reading
