Mark Mendelsohn (DOJ Deputy Chief, Fraud Section and the DOJ’s FCPA “top cop”) recently defended the 2008 Siemens enforcement action. This post takes issue with Mendelsohn’s defense of the Siemens enforcement action.
Mike Koehler discusses the recent release by the OECD of “the most comprehensive guidance ever provided to companies and business organizations by an international organization” on internal controls, ethics and compliance programs to combat bribery.
It was reported this weekend that Daniel Alvirez, the President of ALS Technologies, Inc., is expected to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the FCPA set forth in a superseding indictment and cooperate in the government’s investigation.
Gary Sturisky discusses three areas of compliance focus that demand attention in 2010: 1) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA); 2) the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS); and 3) the FCPA.
On March 22nd, the Georgetown Journal of International Law will be hosting a symposium titled “Combating Global Corruption”. Panelists include a collection of FCPA practitioners, industry representatives, academics and enforcement officials.
The FCPA Professor analyzes the latest developments in the BAE case, which include the “bribery yet bribery” case leaving the U.S. and heading across the pond to the U.K.
Today’s post includes FCPA excerpts from various speeches/comments made by enforcement officials over the past couple of days. Stepping to the podium will be Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer; Mark Mendelsohn – Deputy Chief of the DOJ Fraud Section; and Cheryl Scarboro – the head of the SEC’s newly formed FCPA unit.
The seemingly minor case involving Telecommunications D’Haiti (“Haiti Teleco”) keeps on giving. The recent plea by Jean Fourcand is the most recent news in a case in which the DOJ has cast a wide net.
Both the antibribery provisions and the books and records and internal control provisions of the FCPA apply to issuers. That was easy. What is not so easy is figuring out just which companies are issuers.
FCPA Compliance Attorney Thomas Fox discusses how the Travel Act, which Robert Kennedy urged Congress to enact, is impacting the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act today.
