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
When consulting services are related to the FCPA, AML, ATF or KYC compliance, the potential for litigation is amplified. And while many compliance consultants purchase professional liability (errors & omissions) insurance, securing a properly structured policy is challenging.… Continue Reading
A federal judge in Philadelphia Friday dismissed a civil complaint against UK-based GlaxoSmithKline brought by a British private investigator and his American wife and their China-based company.
Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, his wife and business partner, sued GSK a year ago.… Continue Reading
FCPA Blog senior editor Jessica Tillipman appeared Sunday on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN. She and Harvard Law Prof Noah Feldman debated whether the DOJ overreached with the FIFA indictments last month.… Continue Reading
Sixteen former Puerto Rico police officers pleaded guilty Monday to running a criminal organization out of the police department.
They used their positions on the police force “to commit robbery and extortion, to manipulate court records in exchange for bribes, and to sell illegal narcotics,” the DOJ said.… Continue Reading
Randy Mastro, Chevron’s outside counselA federal judge ruled Monday that Chevron can sue Washington, DC’s Patton Boggs for allegedly committing fraud while trying to enforce a multibillion-dollar judgment for environmental damage in Ecuador.… Continue Reading
Chevron Corporation asked a federal court Tuesday to award it $32 million for attorneys fees it incurred during a successful fraud and racketeering trial against U.S. lawyer Steven Donziger.
As first reported Thursday by Oil Patch Asia (and reprinted here with permission), Chevron said in a motion for attorney’s fees that Donziger used “a pattern of racketeering that included multiple frauds, extortion, [and] obstruction of justice” to win a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment against Chevron in Ecuador.… Continue Reading
Victor Dahdaleh, 70, wants a U.S. judge to toss Alba’s civil racketering case against him.Lawyers for billionaire Victor Dahdaleh from Washington, D.C. litigation powerhouse Williams & Connolly have struck back at Bahrain’s Alba and its American attorneys.… Continue Reading
