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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.… Continue Reading
Quad/Graphics Inc. agreed Thursday to pay the SEC nearly $10 million to settle violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for long-running bribery schemes and cover-ups in Peru and China.
The Sussex, Wisconsin print and digital marketing company disgorged $6.9 million and prejudgment interest of about $960,000, and agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2 million.… Continue Reading
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control fined a California-based cosmetics company nearly $1 million for importing fake eyelash kits that contained materials from North Korea.
The imports by e.l.f.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Director
Employer: Lakeland Care, Inc.
Location: Wisconsin USA
Description: Under general supervision of the Chief Talent & Compliance Officer, the Compliance Director provides effective legal advice and services to Executive Leadership on key areas such as Contracts and Compliance and on company strategies and their implementation.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Employer: Forest River, Inc.
Location: Nothern Indiana, USA
General Summary:
The Chief Compliance Officer oversees the Corporate Compliance Program for a large multi-product vehicle manufacturing company, functioning as an independent and objective body that reviews and evaluates compliance issues/concerns within the organizations. … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court decided a case on Tuesday concerning the rights of whistleblowers who are employees at private contractors doing work for public companies, ruling that the Sarbanes-Oxley protections extend to them.… Continue Reading
The Department of Justice sued Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) Services Inc. Thursday for taking kickbacks from two subcontractors and filing false reimbursement claims with the government.
Houston-based KBR had a contract to provide logistical support to the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tom Fox, Contributing Editor of the FCPA BlogLater this month, our contributing editor Tom Fox will be speaking at a CLE-accredited Global Corruption, FCPA Enforcement Breakfast in the D.C Area.… Continue Reading
A status conference in U.S. v. Weissman before Judge Barbara S. Jones in New York City has been scheduled for January 3.
Morris Weissman’s case is one of the longest running FCPA matters.… Continue Reading
This case isn’t about the FCPA or bribery. But corruption, yes — with allegations of cheating that put a lot of lives at risk.
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Omar Badr is an American.… Continue Reading