Episode 383 -- FCPA Update: Declination and Indictment
Daily Compliance News: August 19, 2025, The AI Winter Edition
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Compliance Tip of the Day – Final Thoughts on Pre - Acquisition Due Diligence in M&A
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Corporate Scandals: Insights on Governance, Compliance, and Recovery with Steve Vincze
FCPA Compliance Report: 10 Core Principles for Effective Internal Investigations with Michelle Peirce
FCPA Compliance Report: The Impact of Secondary Tariffs on Global Trade with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
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Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 73 - Geopolitical Risk: Thai Tensions / Sanctions, Tariffs & FCPA Enforcement in Asia
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025
Upping Your Game: Crowd - Sourcing Risk Management Intelligence with AI
Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 54 – The FCPA is Back On Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day – New FCPA Enforcement Memo – What Does it Mean?
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
FCPA Compliance Report: Recent DOJ Policy Announcements
Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more
Credit Suisse Group AG (“Credit Suisse”), a global financial institution, and its London-based European subsidiary, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited (“CSSEL”) resolved a wide-ranging bribery and fraud scheme...more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits payment of bribes to foreign officials to assist with obtaining or retaining business. It requires companies whose securities are listed in the US to maintain books and...more
Yesterday, I considered four questions which the Department of Justice (DOJ) may ask Goldman Sachs. Today I want to consider what the company must show under the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy....more
David Crow, writing in a Financial Times (FT) article, entitled “Key questions for Goldman Sachs about Malaysian scandal”, said that Goldman Sachs was scheduled to meet with the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week. Crow...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
Credit Suisse has joined the ranks of other banks and companies that have settled FCPA violations involving hiring of government officials’ relatives in exchange for business benefits, including JPMorgan Chase; BNY Mellon,...more
Credit Suisse Group AG and its Hong Kong subsidiary settled FCPA charges with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Justice Department announced that Credit Suisse’s Hong Kong subsidiary...more
• Companies that operate globally face substantial risks associated with activities funded by multilateral development banks (MDBs). • Several recent debarment actions by the World Bank highlight those risks. • To...more
A company that commits bribery has to undergo a soul-searching examination of its operations, from top to bottom. Bribery violations come in all shapes and forms – systemic violations like Siemens, Daimler and other...more
What is risk to your company? In the anti-corruption world, it is conduct which might violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, Brazilian Clean Companies Act or one of the other internationally focused...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
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
I want to end this week’s review of the Wells Fargo scandal by considering what is at issue and what is at stake in this imbroglio. Unlike a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, Wells Fargo paid the relatively...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
Historically, Myanmar has not been known as a country with a focus on anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. In 2015, the Frankfurt-based Transparency International ranked the country as one of the most corrupt places to...more
We do not often have the chance to go ‘down under’ at the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. However, there is a case brewing that may have some Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) implications as well as Australian...more
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Hitachi Ltd (Hitachi). There were several interesting aspects to...more
Contrary to the opinion of many in the FCPA space, the BNY Mellon settlement and the looming actions against six major financial institutions for hiring practices is not a big shock or surprise. The SEC is not raising a new...more