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
So far in 2022, there have been four FCPA enforcement actions totaling $865 million in penalties and disgorgement. That pushes all-time FCPA resolutions over $24 billion.… Continue Reading
Switzerland-based mining and commodities giant Glencore plc on Tuesday settled corruption investigations in the United States, the UK, and Brazil. In the U.S., subsidiary Glencore International AG pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and agreed to pay $700 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture.… Continue Reading
What began as good-natured tech tinkering last week ended down the rabbit hole of AI-powered content and its unsettling implications for compliance. And what a deep hole it is.… Continue Reading
Stericycle, Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay the DOJ and SEC $80.7 million in penalties and disgorgement to resolve FCPA offenses in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.… Continue Reading
A former coal executive was arrested and charged Thursday with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and two counts of violating the FCPA in connection with his alleged role to bribe officials at a state-owned Egyptian company.… Continue Reading
Many an in-house compliance professional has spent a weekend (or ten) consumed with handling the tricky questions presented when an employee finds themselves incarcerated in one emerging market or another. It is unclear, especially at first, whether the arrest was justified in most cases.… Continue Reading
The global response to the pandemic has been varied, not only in a medical context but also at a fiscal level. Governments are desperately trying to save jobs and their economies.… Continue Reading
Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited agreed Friday with the DOJ and SEC to pay about $41 million in penalties and disgorgement to resolve FCPA offenses in Brazil.… Continue Reading
Halfway through the first-ever United Nations General Assembly Special Session on corruption, the White House announced a new initiative: a comprehensive national security strategy to combat corruption. A memo from President Biden specifically named partnership with the private sector as a core tenet.… Continue Reading
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation said in an SEC filing Thursday that it reported “possible anti-bribery violations” to the DOJ and SEC.… Continue Reading
Unless a mobile device management (MDM) system or special software is in place, messages may not be retrievable without cooperation from custodians. Even with cooperation, old or deleted messages may be unobtainable. … Continue Reading
One of the most powerful episodes in risk assessment history is the story of the Maginot Line, which the French military had deployed after WWI to prevail in any future trench warfare against the Germans.… Continue Reading
