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Job Title: Assistant General Counsel
Employer: Textron Inc.
Location: Wichita, Kansas USA
Description: Join a growing company as an Assistant General Counsel supporting Textron Financial Company’s international and domestic aircraft finance business.… Continue Reading
Title: Principal Export Compliance Analyst
Company: Textron
Location: Hunt Valley, MD
Job Scope: Reporting to the Textron Systems Manager of Export Compliance, the Principal Export/Import Compliance Analyst will proactively oversee all export and import compliance matters for AAI Corporation ‘s Unmanned Aircraft Services Division located in Hunt Valley, MD.… Continue Reading
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This blog was launched in 2007 with a short post about an enforcement action against Textron. That company’s compliance problems, we noted, were caused by fifth-tier French subsidiaries.… Continue Reading
Larry Buterman (left) from Chadbourne & Parke’s New York office sent us an article he published in the Bloomberg Law Reports. It explains why the Justice Department’s enforcement actions in the U.N.… Continue Reading
In July 2008, the government of Iraq launched a massive FCPA-related federal lawsuit in New York City. We first talked about it here. The complaint named 93 defendants in claims alleging bribery and fraud under the now-defunct United Nations oil-for-food program.… Continue Reading
The government of Iraq filed a civil suit in late June in federal district court in New York City against two individuals and about 50 companies and some of their related firms for bribery that allegedly occurred under the United Nations oil-for-food program.… Continue Reading
Chevron Corporation resolved violations under the U.N. Oil-For-Food Program by entering into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and separate agreements with the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Textron Inc., without admitting or denying books and records and internal controls allegations, consented to the entry of a final judgment with the SEC permanently enjoining it from future violations of Sections 13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ordering it to disgorge $2,284,579 in profits, plus $450,461.68 in pre-judgment interest, and to pay a civil penalty of $800,000.… Continue Reading