FCPA

For all its many benefits and demands on corporations, the FCPA tackles only one side of the bribery and corruption equation: the offer or payment of a bribe. A new law seeks to address that by giving American authorities the ability to criminally charge foreign officials who solicit or accept bribes. A trio of experts from Holland & Knight explore...

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What does ‘timely’ self-disclosure really mean? Albemarle FCPA Enforcement Action A Lesson in Timeliness? What’s in this whitepaper from Tom Fox: Albemarle Corp., a publicly traded specialty chemicals manufacturer based in North Carolina, in September agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve probes by the DOJ and SEC into reported violations of the FCPA tied to the company’s...

2023 anti-bribery & enforcement actions in the U.S., China, France, Brazil & the UK 15th annual report 2023 FCPA & Anti-Bribery Alert What’s in this report from Hughes Hubbard & Reed: Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s experts provide analysis of the top trends and developments in the anti-bribery space, as well as an encyclopedic view of the past year’s enforcement actions...

Susana Sierra of BH Compliance explores why shifted priorities should cause all U.S. companies with Latin American connections to take note.

While FCPA enforcement actions undertaken by the SEC tend to be attention-grabbing, and for good reason, another federal office is perhaps less well-known but no less important: the Office of Foreign Assets Control within the Treasury Department. Business veteran Frank Orlowski explores what the data surrounding both types of enforcement actions says about U.S. government priorities. OFAC’s primary mission is...

The two main areas of FCPA focus are well-known, prohibitions against bribery and SEC accounting reporting. But as business development expert Kenneth D. Johnson argues, local cultural awareness is just as important — or should be. The FCPA, enacted in 1977 by the U.S. Congress, attempts to ensure fair commercial dealing, government integrity and accountability. The purpose of this legislation...

Attorneys Benjamin Britz and Sean Mason unwrap Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s fishy defense of a lavish, billionaire-funded trip. For international anti-corruption lawyers and compliance professionals trained by years of vigorous enforcement activity, American domestic political practices can seem surreal.  What is criminal abroad may be acceptable, even constitutionally protected, here.  Recent revelations that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted...

Unpacking SEC's enforcement action against Philips for FCPA allegations in China Credit Where Credit's Due? Philips FCPA Enforcement Action What’s in this whitepaper by Tom Fox:Amsterdam-based Philips recently agreed to pay more than $62 million to resolve the SEC's charges that it violated the FCPA with conduct related to the sale of medical diagnostic equipment in China. Not only is...

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