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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2025

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

Hogan Lovells

SFO's new self-reporting guidance: A new deal or a departure from justice?

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On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance signalling a notable shift in its approach to corporate criminal enforcement. For the first time, the SFO has stated that if a company self-reports...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 Compliance Lessons Learned from the Telefónica Venezolana FCPA Enforcement Action

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving Telefónica Venezolana, the Venezuelan subsidiary of Telefónica S.A. (Telefónica)...more

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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

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Going All In: The CPS Shakes Up the UK Corporate Criminal Enforcement Landscape with a Landmark DPA

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examine the Crown Prosecution Service’s first deferred prosecution agreement and what it means for future enforcement....more

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DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ and SEC Secure $41 Million Settlement from Brazilian Airline for FCPA Violations (Part I of II)

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The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a $41 million settlement with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GOL”) to resolve criminal and civil foreign bribery charges....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Cookies, Chocolates and IP: The Stericycle FCPA Enforcement Action – Part I

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. To say that the respondent company, Stericycle, Inc. (Stericycle) had a culture...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Into The Weeds: DAG Announces Changes in Enforcement Priorities

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Today, Matt and I have a rare emergency podcast on...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Growing International Coordination of Multi-jurisdictional FCPA Enforcements

In remarks at the American Conference Institute’s 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) on December 3, 2020, Gen. Brian C. Rabbit, then acting assistant attorney general of the U.S....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

For the First Time, the CFTC Uses its Powers to Combat Foreign Corruption

In a landmark action on December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced resolution of its first enforcement action involving foreign corruption by issuing an order and settling charges against...more

The Volkov Law Group

Vitol Pays $163.7 Million to Settle FCPA Case (Part I of III)

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The Justice Department continues to produce FCPA resolutions in a record year for enforcement.  The latest, and perhaps the beginning of several end-of-year and end of the Trump Administration resolutions, is DOJ’s settlement...more

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DOJ Hits Beam Suntory with FCPA Settlement for $19.5 Million (Part I of II)

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Beam Suntory, a global producer and distributor of distilled beverages, settled its FCPA case with DOJ for $19.5 million for bribes paid in India.  The DOJ settlement follows an SEC FCPA settlement for $8 million announced...more

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UK SFO Publishes DPA Guidance: comparing and contrasting the approach of the U.S. DOJ to DPAs

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The United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently published comprehensive guidance on Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs). Lisa Osofsky, Director of the SFO, stated, “Over the past six years, we at SFO have been...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Criminal Generic Pharma Price-Fixing Investigation Gathers Steam: Taro Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay DOJ Total of $419 Million

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The DOJ Antitrust Division’s multi-year criminal cartel investigation of the generic pharmaceutical industry is gaining steam.  The latest company to settle is Taro Pharmaceuticals which agreed to enter a deferred prosecution...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

First, Do No Harm: Oncology Group Agrees to $100M Fine Following Criminal Antitrust Investigation

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The Department of Justice recently announced that it had charged one of the largest independent oncology groups in the country, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (“FCS”), with antitrust violations under the...more

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DOJ Catches Big Fish in Generic Pharmaceutical Criminal Antitrust Investigation

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division announced a major guilty plea with Sandoz, Inc., in its expanding criminal investigation of the generic pharmaceutical industry....more

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FCPA 2019 Year in Review

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In the third year of the Trump Administration, the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") headlines were record corporate fines and penalties, and a banner year of individual FCPA enforcement highlighted by three DOJ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 1 – Introduction

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

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$1 Billion Ericsson Resolution, Three Jury Verdicts Cap Off Busy Fourth Quarter for US FCPA Enforcement

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On December 6, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agreed to resolve allegations that multinational telecommunications company Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or...more

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I’m Dreaming of a White (Collar) Christmas: 2019 in Review

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The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more

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Ericsson Pays $1 Billion for Systemic FCPA Violations (Part I of II)

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The Sweden-based telecommunications company, Ericsson, agreed to a pay a total of $1 billion (yes, billion with a “B”) for FCPA violations.  Ericsson entered into settlement agreements with DOJ and the SEC.  Ericsson agreed...more

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

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

The Volkov Law Group

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Pays More than $108 Million to Settle Kickback Violations

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Just to repeat myself – pharmaceutical and medical device firms face extraordinary risks of enforcement under the False Claims Act.  While everyone likes to write and focus on FCPA or anti-corruption risks for global drug and...more

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