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
Netherlands-based medical device company Koninklijke Philips N.V. agreed Thursday to resolve its second FCPA enforcement action by paying the SEC $62 million for violations in China.… Continue Reading
Medical device-make Stryker Corporation — which resolved FCPA cases in 2013 and 2018 — said Tuesday in an SEC filing that it is “currently investigating whether certain business activities in a foreign country violated provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”… Continue Reading
SEC rules don’t require reporting companies to disclose the names of law firms hired to investigate potential FCPA offenses, and not all companies even disclose information about ongoing investigations. But of companies that disclose FCPA investigations, which ones also publicly name their law firms, and why?… Continue Reading
Following recent SEC filings that described previously unreported FCPA-related investigations, there are at least 100 confirmed ongoing investigations overall, with 20 new active investigations first disclosed since the start of 2020, according to data from FCPA Tracker.… Continue Reading
As the recent high-level and healthy debate on the FCPA Blog has shown, there are various ways to gather and analyze corruption-risk data at the country level, all of which have respective pros and cons but nevertheless are indispensable in our era of risk-based compliance decision-making.… Continue Reading
When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in February, four issuers had disclosed ongoing FCPA-related investigations that involved alleged conduct in Ukraine. Three of the companies are based in the United States and one in India.… Continue Reading
I collect tidbits about FCPA enforcement. During good weeks, the tidbits come together for a post. Other times, they stubbornly remain random factoids. That’s what happened this week. No unified field theory of FCPA enforcement.… Continue Reading
Have you noticed how many corporate FCPA enforcement actions recount old facts. Really old facts — sometimes from more than a decade ago. Why should we care about all that ancient history?… Continue Reading
So far in 2021, eight companies, all from different industries, have disclosed new FCPA investigations.… Continue Reading
The United States reported its first coronavirus death on February 29, 2020. Two weeks later, on March 15, the CDC advised against gatherings of more than 50 people. That started the chain of events that led to widespread lockdowns and nearly universal work-from-home.… Continue Reading
Brazilian petrochemical maker Braskem S.A. disclosed in an SEC filing late Friday that it is investigating alleged “improper payments” related to an ethylene project in Mexico.… Continue Reading
Cisco Systems, Inc. said in an SEC filing Tuesday that it is investigating allegations that former employees in China ran a “self-enrichment scheme” that may also involve payments to employees of state-owned enterprises.… Continue Reading
