In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
11/30/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Haiti ,
OECD ,
Sweden ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
Venezuela
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
10/30/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Australia ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sweden ,
Transparency ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
9/25/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Korea ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Spain ,
UK ,
Ukraine
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
8/28/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Jury Trial ,
Libor ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
7/20/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Guilty Pleas ,
India ,
Malaysia ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
Vietnam
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/29/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
UK ,
Ukraine
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/1/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Australia ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
South Korea
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
4/20/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Finland ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mexico ,
Mismanagement ,
OECD ,
Political Corruption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Telecommunications ,
Thailand ,
TRACE ,
UK ,
Working Groups
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
3/28/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Haiti ,
Hungary ,
Panama Papers ,
Retaliation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
3/3/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
India ,
Medical Devices ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Texas ,
Transparency ,
Transparency International ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Vietnam ,
White Collar Crimes
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
2/1/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DPA ,
Evidence ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Manufacturers ,
Money Laundering ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
United Airlines
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
12/17/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Presidential Elections ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
11/17/2016
/ Aircraft ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Ireland ,
Latin America ,
OECD ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Retaliation ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Spain ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
10/28/2016
/ Africa ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cosmetics ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
India ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
8/30/2016
/ Airlines ,
Alstom ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Malaysia ,
Mexico ,
Misappropriation ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Section 7 of UKBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Singapore ,
Sovereign Wealth Funds ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
7/29/2016
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Breach of Contract ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Japan ,
McDonnell v US ,
Medical Devices ,
Mexico ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
OECD ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Russia ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Yates Memorandum
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/28/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Convictions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
IRS ,
Scandals ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tax Deductions ,
Transparency ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
4/25/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
Young Lawyers
On April 5, 2016, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced a new “FCPA pilot program” designed to motivate companies to voluntarily self-disclose...more
On April 5, 2016, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a new “FCPA pilot program” designed to motivate companies to voluntarily selfdisclose...more
In 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) made more news for the corporate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases that it did not bring than for the two that it did bring: Nine times last year, DOJ declined to join...more
In September 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates announced a new U.S. Department of Justice policy memo setting forth “six key steps” designed to better hold individuals accountable for illegal corporate...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month, with links to primary...more
2/19/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Governor McDonnell ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
OECD ,
Petrobras ,
Qualcomm ,
SCOTUS ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Spain ,
Transparency
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month, with links to primary...more
1/15/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Indictments ,
Panama ,
Petrobras ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Venezuela
During a September 10, 2015 conference at New York University, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Sally Quillian Yates announced new Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) policy that could significantly affect the way that...more
9/16/2015
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Veil ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Government Investigations ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Investigations ,
Personal Liability ,
Policy Statement ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Settlement ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Upjohn Warnings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Work-Product Doctrine