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Posts Tagged: UK Bribery Act

UK Bribery Act: Pre-trial agreements are a turning point for global enforcement

Elisabeth Danon February 18, 2016

The first negotiated settlement of a corporate bribery investigation under the UK Bribery Act involved a deferred prosecution agreement between the Serious Fraud Office and ICBC Standard Bank. That case is a turning point in the enforcement history of the UK Bribery Act and, at a global level, it fuels the debate about the use of settlements to resolve foreign bribery charges.… Continue Reading

Matt Kelly: Don’t forget to review and comment on ISO 37001

Matt Kelly February 16, 2016

Corporate compliance enthusiasts have one more item on their To Do list this winter: be sure to review and comment on ISO 37001, the draft standard for anti-bribery management systems.

The International Standards Organization has been working on ISO 37001 since 2013, and the goal is a final standard approved and available by the end of 2016.… Continue Reading

Antitrust risks can be managed when competitors fight graft together

Gemma Aiolfi March 10, 2015

Joe Murphy recently talked in a post on the FCPA Blog about antitrust concerns under U.S. law for competitors who band together to fight corruption. I’d like to explain how and why the antitrust issue can be mitigated.… Continue Reading

Dispatch from the KPK: ‘Like David’s war against Goliath’

Richard L. Cassin December 9, 2014

Regular readers of the FCPA Blog know we’re a big fan of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

In 2013, the agency won the Ramon Magsaysay Award — known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.… Continue Reading

Book Review: Tom Fox’s Doing Compliance: Design, Create, and Implement an Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance Program

Andy Spalding November 24, 2014

Compliance must be thorough, systematic, and highly attentive to detail. But no one ever said it had to be boring. And Tom Fox has proven this yet again. His Doing Compliance provides the most sophisticated and comprehensive compliance guidance available, with a delivery that is witty, lively, and even entertaining.… Continue Reading

French lessons: How about some strategic enforcement competition?

Elizabeth K. Spahn October 28, 2014

Even the most ardent Francophile, as I most assuredly am, must be dismayed by France’s abysmal record of bribery prosecutions. Recent OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Working Group reports reveal France’s inexorable zero.… Continue Reading

Scotland votes to keep the UK Bribery Act

Richard L. Cassin September 19, 2014

A reader this week wrote:

Dear FCPA Blog,

I am just curious if Scotland splits off from the UK what are the implications for the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act?… Continue Reading

SFO launches criminal probe of GSK

Julie DiMauro May 28, 2014

GlaxoSmith Kline PLC is under investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office for possible criminal violations, the pharma said Tuesday.

In a two-sentence statement, UK-based GSK said it had been informed by the SFO of a formal criminal investigation into GSK’s commercial practices.… Continue Reading

A conversation with Mythili Raman

Julie DiMauro May 12, 2014

Mythili Raman, partner in Covington & Burling’s Washington, DC officeAfter 18 years at the Justice Department, and leading the criminal division during 2013 and 2014, Mythili Raman joined Covington & Burling’s white-collar crime and litigation practice in April. … Continue Reading

Anti-corruption compliance: Meeting the global standard

Arnold & Porter May 1, 2014

While much attention is paid to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act, an array of other anti-corruption laws apply to multinational companies.

For example, the so-called “BRIC” countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — all recently enacted, and have begun taking initial steps to enforce, more stringent anti-corruption laws.… Continue Reading

Survey shows corporate commitment to anti-corruption programs

Julie DiMauro April 24, 2014

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance conducted an online survey in February, asking 383 compliance professionals around the world to evaluate their anti-corruption compliance programs and name their top risk concerns.

Eighty of the respondents were in North America, 145 in Western Europe, 119 in Asia-Pacific, and 39 in other countries.… Continue Reading

Who should be on your PEP list?

Julie DiMauro April 23, 2014

International laws vary as to which persons are of most interest to regulators in their anti-money laundering and bribery rules. This makes creating a list of politically exposed persons a difficult task — even if a critical one.… Continue Reading