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Yesterday we posted our 2011 FCPA enforcement index. Today we look at corporate enforcement for the years from 2006.
Here goes:
In 2011, 15 companies paid $508.6 million in criminal and civil penalties, and in disgorgement and interest.… Continue Reading
During the first quarter of 2011, two earlier FCPA-related indictments were disclosed. And there were four corporate actions, four guilty pleas, including two shot-show defendants and the former KBR middleman Jeffrey Tesler, who was hit with the biggest forfeiture order in FCPA history, and two sentencings of individuals to prison.… Continue Reading
Law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, a sponsor of the FCPA Blog, has released its FCPA/Anti-Bribery Mid-Year Alert 2010.
The authors say it’s both a quick desk reference and — at 241 pages — an authoritative collection of FCPA resources.… Continue Reading
While looking at FCPA enforcement data, Bruce Hinchey, left, made a startling and disturbing discovery about the consequences of self reporting.
Here’s his story:
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Dear FCPA Blog,
Many question the Department of Justice’s claim that there are tangible benefits to voluntary disclosure of a FCPA violation.… Continue Reading
Here are some important corrections and clarifications to earlier posts about Siemens:
1. Wednesday’s post indicates that Schnitzer Steel pleaded guilty to books and records and internal controls violations. In fact, it was Schnitzer’s subsidiary that pleaded guilty, and those charges included antibribery and books and records charges, but not internal controls charges.… Continue Reading
Its historic settlement on Monday of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations was bound to raise the questions: Did Siemens enjoy checkbook justice? Did it achieve something ordinary criminal defendants can’t?… Continue Reading
Questions about ambiguity in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have been around since its inception. See, for example, our post Looking Again At U.S. v. Kay (November 7, 2007). The Supreme Court will answer those questions soon, either by granting review of Kay and deciding what “obtaining or retaining business” means, or by refusing to take the case and allowing the government to continue its “expansive enforcement” of the law.… Continue Reading
The online edition of Nigeria’s Business Day newspaper carried a story on November 19, 2007 that’s noteworthy. It’s about how corrupt multinationals are undermining the country’s economy. The story can be found here.… Continue Reading
Houston-based Bristow Group Inc. (formerly Offshore Logistics Inc.) settled U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges related to improper payments in Nigeria in 2002 and 2003 to lower expatriate employment taxes there.… Continue Reading