Bribery, Criminal Investigations, Government Investigations

New FCPA Guidance Underscores Importance of Internal Compliance for Companies Doing Business Abroad

Benesch on 6/13/2025

On June 9, 2025, Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, published guidelines for investigations and prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These guidelines...more

Wicked Coin: The "Fat Leonard" Scandal

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/12/2024

Power and corruption … two sides of a Wicked Coin. In this podcast, hosts Tatiana Sainati, co-chair of Wiley’s Global Disputes Practice, and Diana Shaw, a partner in Wiley’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice...more

New SFO Pre-Investigation Powers Come into Force

WilmerHale on 2/1/2024

On 15 January 2024, legislation came into force that enhances the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) compulsory information-gathering powers and streamlines the investigative process whilst imposing fresh obligations on companies...more

OECD Recommendation Encourages Demand Side Bribery Enforcement

WilmerHale on 12/21/2021

On 9 December, to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the OECD launched the snappily-named 2021 Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (“the...more

Naughty or Nice: Feds Hand Out More Than Lumps of Coal When it Comes to Healthcare Fraud

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/20/2019

The United States government has an arsenal of agencies and civil and criminal statutes at its disposal to choose from in investigating and combatting healthcare fraud. A recent federal indictment discussed below exemplifies...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/7/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

Lessons From Across the Ocean: SFO Director’s Speech in Washington Provides Insight Into the Future of UK Investigations

WilmerHale on 12/10/2018

On 28 November 2018, Lisa Osofsky, Head of the UK Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), delivered the keynote address at the 35th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) in Washington DC. After a...more

Booking a Meeting? In Venezuela It May Cost You a Rolex

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 10/26/2015

First it was Petrobras but it certainly did not take long for the second shoe to drop for the other corrupt national energy company in Latin America, the Venezuelan national oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, also known as...more

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