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Compliance Officer (Bilfinger SE – Mannheim, Germany)

Richard L. Cassin January 26, 2016 No Comments

Job Title: Compliance Officer
Company: Bilfinger SE
Location: Mannheim, Germany

Tasks
The Compliance Officer will lead efforts to promote compliance at all levels of Bilfinger and contribute to the continuous improvement of the compliance program and the underlying elements. She/he will support the business to implement and apply compliance-related policies, controls and procedures. The position holder will report to the Chief Compliance Officer and will be part of the global Compliance Leadership Team.

2022 FCPA Enforcement Index

Harry Cassin January 3, 2023 No Comments

In 2022, the DOJ and SEC brought FCPA enforcement actions against eight companies and imposed financial penalties totaling $1.5 billion. For comparison, in 2021, four companies paid $282 million to resolve FCPA cases, and in 2020, 12 companies paid a total of $6.4 billion.

There are now 15 FCPA repeat offenders

Richard L. Cassin September 29, 2022 No Comments

So far this year, two FCPA enforcement actions have involved companies that resolved previous FCPA violations. With Tenaris in June, and Oracle this week, the number of FCPA recidivists rises to 15. Here’s our full list of FCPA recidivists, compiled from the enforcement index on FCPA Blog+.

Three reasons (maybe four) why FCPA defendants might risk a jury trial

Richard L. Cassin April 21, 2022 No Comments

At least 90 percent of all federal criminal defendants plead guilty to reduced charges that carry a lighter sentence, and that holds true for individuals facing FCPA-related charges.

FCPA Defendants Face Long Odds

Richard L. Cassin April 6, 2011 1 Comment

In Los Angeles this week, the trial of Lindsey Manufacturing, Dr. Keith Lindsey, Steve K. Lee, and Angela Aguilar opened in federal court. On Friday, they lost their motion to dismiss the case when the judge ruled that officers of the Mexican electric utility CFE, who the defendants allegedly bribed, aren’t foreign officials under the FCPA.

Feeling The Heat Overseas

Richard L. Cassin June 9, 2008 2 Comments

Foreign companies can’t be blamed for wondering if they’re being singled out under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The names in the FCPA-related headlines alone are enough to cause high anxiety. ABB, Siemens, BAE, DaimlerChrysler, AstraZeneca and many more. But are U.S. prosecutors really focusing too much attention on U.K., European and other foreign companies […]

Revisiting the Definition of ‘Declinations’

Marc Alain Bohn January 22, 2013 No Comments

In a recent post, the FCPA Professor questioned the broad application of the label “declination” to any instance of FCPA scrutiny that does not result in an FCPA enforcement action.

An Effective Compliance Program, For Pete’s Sake

Richard L. Cassin October 25, 2007 No Comments

A sharp-eyed reader of our post Ten Elements Of An Effective Compliance Program suggested in a comment that it “may also be wise to take a peek at DOJ Opinion Release 04-02, which has a bit more FCPA-specific guidance. For example, it goes into a bit more detail about due diligence with regard to business […]

Tidewater’s Cool Deal

Richard L. Cassin July 15, 2010 No Comments

Tidewater Inc., one of about a dozen oil-and-gas-services companies dragged into FCPA compliance problems a few years ago by Swiss logistics giant Panalpina, said in its latest annual report that it expects a settlement soon with the SEC and possibly the DOJ. The company said its SEC settlement would require a total payment of about […]

Judge To DOJ: Your Principal Witness Knows Almost Nothing

Richard L. Cassin January 19, 2012 No Comments

Here’s what Judge Lynn Hughes said when he ruled in favor of John O’Shea’s motion to dismiss all the substantive FCPA counts against him.