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In August 2013, Brazil’s game-changing Clean Companies Act introduced the leniency agreement, a deferred prosecution deal for companies willing to plead guilty and settle corruption charges.
While these agreements were created to encourage cooperation, the Clean Companies Act or CCA (Law No.… Continue Reading
As frequent readers of the FCPA Blog are well aware, nowadays companies must consider not only the anti-corruption regulatory regimes in their home jurisdictions, but also the criminalization and prosecution of bribery in other locales — sometimes very distant ones — where they do business. … Continue Reading
We discussed in the two prior posts (here and here) the two laws that Brazil enacted in 2011 to make government more accountable, transparent, and efficient. But readers may recall the major public protests that erupted in Brazil in 2013.… Continue Reading
Sao Paulo, Brazil – March 15, 2015: Protesters marching on Paulista Avenue against government corruption.On March 18, Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff issued a decree that clarifies and facilitates enforcement of the country’s main tool against corporate bribery, the 2013 Clean Companies Act (“CCA”).… Continue Reading
Anti-corruption protests in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 16, 2015President Dilma Roussef Wednesday issued a presidential decree with regulations under the Clean Company Act. Although the statute has been in force since January 2014, several key terms had not yet been defined.… Continue Reading
In the Olympic Charter, the International Olympic Committee has specifically identified human rights, environmental issues, and international intellectual property laws as major topics that host-country contracts and laws must address. However, corruption and transparency receive comparatively little attention.… Continue Reading
The University of Richmond’s Journal of Global Law & Business is proud to announce its annual Corruption Issue. In this series of posts, each co-authored by a UR law student and Professor Andy Spalding, we’ll introduce this year’s articles and invite submissions for next year’s issue.… Continue Reading
Brazil’s Clean Companies Act took effect on January 29. It subjects domestic and multinational companies operating in Brazil to severe civil and administrative sanctions for bribing domestic or foreign government officials.… Continue Reading
Munich-based Siemens, the focus of an ongoing bribery probe in Brazil, is questioning if a new anti-corruption law that will take effect in Brazil on January 28 will work as intended.… Continue Reading
