Bribery, Audits, White Collar Crimes

SBA Launches Full-Scale Audit of the 8(a) Program

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 7/3/2025

On June 27, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), Kelly Loeffler, announced that she is directing an “immediate and full-scale audit of the agency’s 8(a) Business Development Program.”...more

DOJ Issues its Highly Anticipated Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

Mintz on 8/16/2024

In March 2024, at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) intended to...more

Beware: Anti-bribery audits are now key in M&A transactions

Hogan Lovells on 2/18/2020

As compliance requirements continue to evolve in France, the guide offers focused, much-needed advice on three areas: audits as part of M&A, how and when to audit, and the outcomes. ...more

Day of Reckoning for KPMG-Failures in Ethics

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/18/2019

The day of reckoning was here for KMPG and I do not think that anyone could have imagined how bad it would be for the firm. Last week the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported last week that KPMG was preparing to pay up to $50...more

The Challenge of Auditing and Monitoring Your Distributors

The Volkov Law Group on 6/13/2017

Whether you are in the high-tech industry and managing your channel partners (i.e. third-party distribution network), the pharmaceutical and medical device industry managing a complex network of distributors and...more

Corporate Fraud: How to Detect It and Put a Stop to It

K2 Integrity on 6/1/2017

Fraud costs companies trillions each year and the vast majority of those deceptions are detected purely by luck—only a very small percentage of frauds are found by auditors....more