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Second Circuit Decision Clarifies Scope of Honest Services Wire Fraud Statute

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On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in United States v. Lopez that foreign commercial bribery schemes fall within the ambit of the honest services wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. §...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Awards Season and DOJ Look at International Sporting Events

One might have hoped that after the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandals from 2015, both before and beyond, the world’s most popular sport might have worked to clean up its act more diligently....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Will the FCPA Go Down Under (again)?

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

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

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Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Like a Rolling Stone and Charitable Donations Under the FCPA

Today we celebrate one of the seminal achievements in rock and roll for it was on this day, 50 years ago, in 1965 that Bob Dylan recorded his single Like a Rolling Stone. Columbia Records executives initially rejected the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Why Should Americans Care About the FIFA Indictments? Part III – Corruption and US Companies

Today, I continue my four-part series on the above question posed to me recently by a colleague. In Part I, I wrote that only the US government had the wherewithal, tools and will to do so. Yesterday, I focused on corruption...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FIFA and Good-Faith Investigations

You know things are getting bad when the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) questions a business’ moral authority. Things certainly cannot be much better when the regulators begin nosing around your own self-indulgence. What happens...more

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