Corruption, Department of Justice (DOJ), Samsung

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Chaebols May Wabble but They Don’t Fall Down How Samsung Became 23% of South...

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 4/10/2025

Chaebols are large, family-owned business conglomerates that play a significant role in South Korea’s economy. Some of the most well-known chaebols include Samsung Group, which is the largest chaebol, known for its...more

FCPA 2019: A Record Year in Enforcement and Compliance (Part I of III)

The Volkov Law Group on 1/7/2020

Happy New Year!! In the FCPA arena, 2019 was a record year – in enforcement and compliance. Many continuing trends are becoming more than trends – meaning they are turning into established practices....more

Korean Engineering Company Fined $75 Million Over Alleged Foreign Bribery Scheme In Brazil

A&O Shearman on 12/3/2019

On November 22, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”) with a Korean engineering company (“SHI”) to settle allegations of Foreign...more

Lessons Learned from the Samsung FCPA Enforcement Action

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 11/26/2019

Last week, another Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case was resolved. It involved Samsung Heavy Industries Company Limited (SHI), a South Korea-based engineering company that provides shipbuilding, offshore platform...more

Samsung Agrees to Pay $75 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations (Part I of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 11/25/2019

Samsung Heavy Industries agreed with the Justice Department to pay $75 million to settle FCPA charges. Under a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), Samsung agreed to filing of a criminal information in the Eastern...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/17/2017

Ratings Agency Moody’s Corp. has agreed to pay roughly $864 million to resolve federal and state claims that it gave juiced ratings to risky MBS in the run-up to the financial crisis. Half of the total will end up in DOJ...more