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
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Ethics recently released a new Executive Branch innovation — an animated/illustrated ethics video specifically for Federal employees.
Ethics Illustrated: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest focuses on the ethical challenges employees face when the Federal government procures goods and services.… Continue Reading
Steinman & Rodgers LLP will be hosting a complimentary webinar entitled “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About International Commercial Bribery (But Were Afraid to Ask).”
FCPA Blog contributing editor Bill Steinman will host the event.… Continue Reading
Hughes Hubbard has published a new version of its FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert. It‘s a tremendous resource for compliance professionals.
The 561-page volume is available here in pdf.
It was written by Kevin Abikoff and his team.… Continue Reading
The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, or StAR, is a partnership between the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It supports international efforts to end safe havens for corrupt funds.… Continue Reading
Since 2013, Trust Across America in collaboration with Bob Easton, a Senior Managing Director at Accenture, has curated and published what is perhaps the largest bibliography on trust.
The 2016 update has just been completed, with 84 pages of resources.… Continue Reading
The FCPA Blog maintains lots of lists. Enforcement reports, the corporate investigations list, the country count, the top ten enforcement actions — they’re all here.
Some lists are updated every calendar quarter or annually, and others as needed.… Continue Reading
While the much heralded Yates Memo has produced a frenzy of “what does it mean?” reporting, few analysts have examined the depth and breadth of the issues and events that led DOJ to re-emphasize the focus on prosecution of corporate executives.… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again. Across the country, law students are thinking about paper topics for seminar courses and journal notes. Like last year, I am posting a list of resources that I provide to students every fall in the Anti-Corruption seminar that I co-teach with my colleague, Professor Chris Yukins. … Continue Reading
A common problem I encounter in my practice is the shortage of Chinese-language materials on anti-corruption topics. China-based employees often want to know more about the FCPA and anti-corruption enforcement, but nearly all of the most valuable resources are available only in English.… Continue Reading
The University of Richmond School of Law has launched its new Online Anti-Bribery Research Guide, available here.
This resource, which is completely free, is intended to be of use to practitioners and scholars alike from around the world.… Continue Reading
Our sponsor Mintz Group first published the FCPA Map in 2011. A new version updated through February 2013 is now available.
As we said about the original, it’s a great resource (and a better place to spend work time than Facebook).… Continue Reading
The new FCPA guidance talked about ‘an emerging international consensus on compliance best practices.’
Where to find that international consensus?
The guidance recommends these publications:
• OECD’s 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation (available here) and its Annex II, Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics, and Compliance, published in February 2010 (available in pdf here).… Continue Reading
