On February 23, 2024, the United States imposed its largest number of new sanctions and export control designations against Russia to date—targeting over 600 individuals and entities across a wide swath of the Russian economy...more
On October 28, 2021, at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced revisions to the Department of Justice’s policies, all designed to strengthen...more
In the first half of 2020, the overall number of corporate enforcement actions dropped somewhat from recent years, with only six actions brought by the DOJ and SEC. The number of individual enforcement actions dropped as...more
7/6/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
INTRODUCTION: RECENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN FCPA ENFORCEMENT -
Although FCPA enforcement across the 2018 calendar year seemed to ebb and flow, in retrospect the enforcement agencies brought a typical number of enforcement...more
1/3/2019
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Legal Advice Privilege ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Settlement ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
UK ,
Yates Memorandum
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns in FCPA Enforcement report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK and elsewhere, as well as helpful guidance on emerging best...more
7/6/2017
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Litigation Privilege ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Trump Administration ,
UK
Shearman & Sterling’s bi-annual Trends & Patterns in FCPA Enforcement report provides insightful analysis of recent enforcement trends and patterns in the US, the UK and elsewhere, as well as helpful guidance on emerging best...more
1/4/2017
/ AstraZeneca ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Declination ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Internal Controls ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Novartis ,
Nu Skin ,
Odebrecht ,
Popular ,
Qualcomm ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
Recent enforcement actions by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission have raised the profile of corruption in international sport and highlight unique FCPA compliance concerns. This note will explain...more
6/15/2015
/ BHP Billiton ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Football ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Indictments ,
Match Fixing ,
Olympics ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Soccer ,
Sports ,
World Cup