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Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance...more

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Rebuilding Ukraine — April 2025 Edition

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Welcome to Secretariat’s April 2025 edition of Rebuilding Ukraine, where we explore the evolving landscape of Ukraine’s reconstruction, the challenges ahead, and the opportunities emerging. Stay informed with our insights on...more

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A Look at Canada’s Ongoing Efforts to Combat Bribery and Corruption

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In October 2023, the Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released and adopted a report evaluating Canada’s enforcement of the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Top 10 Whistleblowing and Retaliation Events of 2024

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Following our annual tradition — which started over a decade ago — we are analyzing the year's 10 most significant whistleblower and retaliation events. As you'll see, in 2024, actions taken by a range of courts and...more

A&O Shearman

Combatting foreign bribery: A closer look at Australia’s new legislation

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The guidance recommends that companies put in place controls that are proportionate to their operations, including the level of its exposure to foreign bribery risks and its business activities, which includes the...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Emerging Expectations from the Latest Enforcement Actions Over Off-Channel Communications

Since December 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have levied almost $3.0 billion in penalties for longstanding failures by 39 broker-dealers, swap dealers,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Navigating the Labyrinth: Artificial Intelligence in the Battle Against Trade-Based Money Laundering

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In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, governments worldwide are intensifying their focus on compliance in Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts for financial institutions. Trade-Based Money...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Criminalizes Demand-Side Bribery

On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. FEPA criminalizes demand-side bribery by foreign officials...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2023

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Bolsters International Cooperation to Combat Corruption

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Summary - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created the International Corporate Anti-Bribery initiative (ICAB), which aims to strengthen the United States’ global efforts in combating corruption through enhanced...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Enforcement Alert: FinCEN Leverages “Gap Rule” for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act

On September 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced its first “Gap Rule” enforcement action in a Consent Order with Bancrédito International Bank and Trust...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

Jones Day

FCPA 2022 Year in Review

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) enforcement has yet to rebound from the immediate pre-pandemic period. In 2022, DOJ and SEC resolved eight corporate FCPA matters for $878 million, including four resolutions coordinated...more

Bracewell LLP

FCPA Alert: Lessons Learned From Last Week's Trial Conviction of Roger Ng Relating to the 1MDB Malaysian Bond Deals

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On Friday, after a two-month trial and just over three days of deliberation, a jury in the Eastern District of New York returned its verdict in the case against Roger Ng, finding the international banker guilty on all counts....more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2021

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for October 2021

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Introduces New Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime

On 26 April 2021, the UK’s first sanctions under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/488) (“the Regulations”) came into force. The Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering...more

King & Spalding

Q4 2020: Latin America Enforcement Review

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As 2020 drew to a close, enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below, we highlight some developments from...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.19.2021 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group Finalize Merger to Form Auto Behemoth Stellantis NV

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Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Group completed their mega-auto-merger first agreed-to in late 2019, “creating Stellantis NV, a global auto-making giant that executives say will have the heft needed to compete in the...more

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Q3 2020: Latin American Enforcement Review

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DOJ Enforcement in Latin America Continues Despite Pandemic - During the 3rd quarter, the Department of Justice made a number of high-profile arrests and concluded plea agreements in several cases related to Latin...more

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DOJ Global Corruption Efforts Beyond the FCPA

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Although courts have reined in the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) anti-bribery provisions in the past two years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) shows no sign of scaling back its global...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFTC and DOJ Charge BitMEX and Executives With Illegally Trading in Digital Assets and Ignoring BSA/AML Requirements

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Incorporating in the Seychelles but Allegedly Operating in the U.S. Spells Trouble for Company and its Founders - The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, or BitMEX, is a large and well-known online trading platform dealing in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sargeant Marine – The Individual Guilty Pleas

We rarely have seen a single Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action generate so many individual criminal pleas. The Sargeant Marine Inc. (Sargeant Marine) case is an exception. To date, there have been six...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

Heightened Risks and Plenty of Pitfalls: Avoiding Corruption during COVID-19

Over the past nine months, companies and governments have competed goods and materials amidst scarcity and disrupted supply chains.  At the same time, governments, central banks, international organizations and NGOs have...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Global Legal Insights: Bribery & Corruption, 7th Edition – China

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We are pleased to present the seventh edition of Global Legal Insights – Bribery and Corruption. This book sets out the legal environment in relation to bribery and corruption enforcement in 28 countries and one region...more

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