Penalties, Bribery, Corporate Misconduct

Bad Guys in Energy Paid the Piper in 2024

Gray Reed on 5/14/2025

As in every year, in 2024 the grinches of law enforcement brought financial and corporal misery to bad guys in energy. Here is a review of the crimes of only a few of the convicted, admitted and alleged bribsters, swindlers...more

Beyond Borders: Navigating Global Business Compliance with the FCPA

Adams & Reese on 3/13/2024

On March 7th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new whistleblower reward program intended to help prosecutors bring more foreign corruption cases. Under the new program, individuals who report corporate misconduct...more

The Subtle but Significant Shift at U.S. Justice Department

NAVEX on 11/30/2023

In October, deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco made headlines when she announced a new leniency policy at the U.S. Justice Department for companies that disclose compliance violations discovered during mergers and...more

Ericsson Agrees To Pay Over USD $1 Billion To Settle FCPA Charges

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/3/2020

On December 6, 2019, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), resolved long-running investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into the...more

Walmart FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3-The Penalties and Remediation

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 6/25/2019

The long-awaited Walmart Inc. (Walmart) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action was announced last week. This massive case came in with multiple documents, a long list of instances of bribery and corruption, a...more

Aggressive Remediation: Embraer and JP Morgan

The Volkov Law Group on 11/30/2016

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