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The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, first published five years ago, is now one of the most important compliance tools, not only for the DOJ prosecutors it’s addressed to, but also for compliance professionals outside government.… Continue Reading
As I spent some time this morning trolling through a few dozen articles and opinion pieces about the Unaoil scandal, I was drawn to a Huffington post article detailing the roles of two large commercial banks. … Continue Reading
Job Title: Compliance Investigations Counsel
Employer: Weatherford
Location: Houston, Texas USA
Description
The Investigations Group (“IG”) has an opening for a Counsel position reporting to the Associate General Counsel for Investigations, based in Houston, Texas.… Continue Reading
March 15, 2015 More than a million protesters demand President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment because of the corruption scandal at Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras. A compliance professional and regular reader of the FCPA Blog sent a fascinating note about the multi-billion graft scandal now brewing in Brazil involving the state-owned oil giant, Petrobras.… Continue Reading
Monday’s $772 million DOJ enforcement action against Alstom SA and several subsidiaries landed second on our list of the top ten FCPA cases of all time.
The addition of Paris-based Alstom means three of the top ten FCPA cases now involve French companies.… Continue Reading
In my prior post on Collective Action, I wrote about the importance of voluntary codes of conduct and concluded that in an era of weak regulation, corporate behaviour would have been significantly worse over the last decades without them.… Continue Reading
Thursday’s $384 million enforcement action against Alcoa and one of its subsidiaries ranks 5th on our list of the Top Ten FCPA cases of all time.
With Pittsburgh-based Alcoa’s entry, two of the top ten cases now involve U.S.… Continue Reading
With its $152.6 million FCPA enforcement action Tuesday, Weatherford International has landed ninth on our list of the Top 10 FCPA cases of all time.
Nine of the ten biggest cases still involve non-U.S.… Continue Reading
Weatherford International agreed Tuesday to pay $152.6 million to the DOJ and SEC for FCPA offenses in the Middle East and Africa and violation of the Iraq oil-for-food program.
The Switzerland-based company also paid $100 million for export controls violations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act.… Continue Reading
Oil field services company Weatherford International said Monday it hopes to finalize a settlement with the U.S. government of FCPA and oil-for-food violations and trading with sanctioned countries for about $250 million.… Continue Reading
Oil field services company Weatherford International Ltd. said in its quarterly filing with the SEC Friday that it has ‘uncovered potential violations of U.S. law in connection with activities in several jurisdictions.’… Continue Reading
