ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
Olympus to Pay $646 Million for AntiKickback and FCPA Violations -
Early this month, Olympus Corp. of the Americas (OCA) settled government investigations related to violations of the...more
4/8/2016
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
BSA/AML ,
Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
INTERPOL ,
Novartis ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Qualcomm ,
Red Notices ,
World Bank ,
ZTE
DOJ and SEC Announce Settlement with PTC, Inc. in FCPA Case Involving SEC’s First Individual Deferred Prosecution Agreement -
On February 16, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S....more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
Convicted Printing Company Ordered to Pay £2.2 Million -
On January 8, 2016, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that Smith & Ouzman Ltd, a U.K. security printing company, was...more
2/3/2016
/ Africa ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Cash Transactions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Panama ,
Public Officials ,
Red Notices ,
SAP America Inc. ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Venezuela
Welcome to the October 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month on the anticorruption front, a Japanese multinational conglomerate settles U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
11/3/2015
/ Arms Export Control Act ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronics ,
Energy Exploration ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Firearms ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hitachi ,
Iran Sanctions ,
ITAR ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Private Utility ,
Red Notices ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK Bribery Act ,
USML
Welcome to the August 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month on the anticorruption front, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
9/1/2015
/ Bribery ,
BVI Business Companies ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Construction Project ,
Crimea ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
FBI ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Guidance Update ,
Illegal Arms Dealers ,
India ,
Insurance Industry ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Red Notices ,
Romania ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smuggling ,
Software ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers ,
WMD
This month on the anticorruption front, an energy company announces the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has declined to bring charges following an Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)-related investigation, the protracted...more
7/3/2015
/ Africa ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Construction Industry ,
Contractors ,
Declination ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Government Investigations ,
Hotels ,
Mining ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil for Food Program ,
PetroTiger ,
Red Notices ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
UK ,
World Bank
Welcome to the May 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month on the anticorruption front, a German engineering firm tests Brazil's recently implemented anticorruption...more
6/1/2015
/ Bribery ,
Clean Companies Act ,
Cuba ,
Currency Exchange ,
Defense Sector ,
Energy Sector ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Germany ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanctions ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
Virtual Currency
Welcome to the April 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month in anticorruption developments, Canadian transportation giant faces scrutiny for alleged bribery in South...more
5/1/2015
/ Bribery ,
Canada ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Defense Contracts ,
Export Controls ,
Export-Import Bank of the US ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
OECD ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Red Notices ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Africa ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Telecommunications
Welcome to the March 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month on the anticorruption front, two individuals receive multi-year sentences for Venezuelan bribery,...more
4/2/2015
/ Australia ,
Bribery ,
Broker-Dealer ,
China ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Official ,
Red Notices ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Venezuela
Introduction -
Welcome to the February 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. -
This month on the anticorruption front, several companies face the consequences of...more
Welcome to the December 2014 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
This month on the anticorruption front, a major cosmetics retailer as well as its subsidiary pleads guilty to...more
12/30/2014
/ Aircraft Sales ,
Avon ,
Bribery ,
Bruker ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Dallas Airmotive ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FLIR System ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Germany ,
Illegal Arms Dealers ,
Life Sciences ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Red Notices ,
Retailers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
UK Bribery Act