Episode 379 -- Update on False Claims Act and Customs Evasion Liability
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Podcast - Persistence and Determination
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 73 - Geopolitical Risk: Thai Tensions / Sanctions, Tariffs & FCPA Enforcement in Asia
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
False Claims Act Insights - Bitter Pills: DOJ Targets Pharmacies for FCA Enforcement
Current Regulatory, Legislative, and Litigation Developments on ADA Website Accessibility for Consumer Finance Digital Platforms — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - How Do You Define Success?
Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 21, 2025
2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 54 – The FCPA is Back On Edition
Understanding the DOJ's Recent Corporate Enforcement Policy Changes
Compliance Tip of the Day – New FCPA Enforcement Memo – What Does it Mean?
Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Following multiple executive orders from President Donald Trump concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), employers have been eagerly awaiting agency guidance to clarify the scope and implications of what is...more
AT A GLANCE On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued a series of internal memoranda directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to implement policy priorities of the Trump Administration. Several of these...more
Shortly after aggressively terminating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) policies that applied to the federal workforce, the Trump Administration turned its attention outward to the private sector. President Trump’s...more
A recent U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement highlights the importance of having (and following) a policy that prohibits conflicts of interest. In July 2024, the DOJ entered a nearly $1 million settlement with an...more
In the United States export control laws and regulations require companies to receive export licenses prior to releasing any controlled items or technologies to non-U.S. persons. The process of determining what is controlled...more
Last week Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG) and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), a subsidiary of CSAFG, settled a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action for just over $77 million for the illegal hiring...more
In this episode, Roy Snell and myself discuss how incentives are integral to the compensation plans of a wide range of workers. Many experts point to their value in rewarding behavior that is in the interest of the...more
We begin the New Year with a three-part series on the FCPA: (1) A review of FCPA enforcement in 2016; (2) Trends from 2016 FCPA enforcement; and (3) Predictions for FCPA enforcement in 2017....more
There is no question that the Justice Department has raised compliance program expectations in a number of areas. Whatever you may think about the efficacy or fairness of the FCPA Pilot Program, the Justice Department has...more
This week I am exploring the JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and its subsidiary, JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPM-APAC), (collectively ‘the company’) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action which...more
Last week, the Justice Department and the SEC finally brought to a close the Sons and Daughters or Princelings investigation. Pending investigations against four other companies still remain to be resolved....more
Today I will consider the superior result achieved by JPM in its FCPA resolution. Not only did it receive a 25% discount off the bottom of the US Sentencing Guidelines fine range but it received a NPA and not even a Deferred...more
JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and its subsidiary, JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPM-APAC) resolved its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matter last week, obtaining a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) from the...more
One of the top academic commentators in the anti-corruption space is Matthew C. Stephenson, co-founder of the Global Anticorruption Blog. I was intrigued by Stephenson’s piece, entitled “Does an FCPA Violation Require a Quid...more
I begin today’s post with a tip of the (cycling) helmet to Englishman Chris Froome who yesterday won his third Tour de France championship. Froome overcame a great many obstacles, not the least of which was being involved a...more
On September 2, 2015, a federal trial court in California approved a $415 million settlement of an antitrust class action filed against a number of Silicon Valley technology employers, including Apple Inc. and Google, among...more
About the best thing that you can say for the Houston Texans is that they did not lose on Sunday. Of course they did not play on Sunday, pathetically losing Week 14’s game last Thursday....more