FCPA
What is the FCPA? The abbreviation stands for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The FCPA is a 1977 US amendment that focuses on provisions related to anti-bribery and transparency through corporate accounting transactions. The following FCPA articles are written by and for compliance and legal professionals and cover FCPA news, events, whitepapers, podcasts, and webinars and more.
FCPA Resources Guide, Second Edition: The 2020 Changes and Additions to Hallmarks
The DOJ and SEC recently released the second edition of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Resources Guide, marking the...
The Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index 2020
Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) and Control Risks, the global specialist risk consulting firm, present the publication of the...
Emerging Trends Under the DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Policy
Changes are on the horizon for FCPA prosecutions. Nicole Sprinzen and Kara Kapp of Cozen O’Connor offer guidance to help...
Proactive Monitoring: A Sound Approach to Compliance
Jay Rosen explores proactive monitoring, which demonstrates the benefits of using a third party to fulfill the compliance mandates laid...
New Guidance As Both a Sword and a Shield
Jay Rosen continues to review the DOJ announcements over the past year and the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, announced in...
Certifying Third-Party FCPA Compliance Under New SEC/DOJ Requirements
How can I possibly certify that 100 percent of my third parties, including all customers and vendors, are 100 percent...
Using External Resources to Bolster Compliance Programs
Jay Rosen continues looking at the DOJ announcements over the past several years, as well as the FCPA Corporate Enforcement...
Internal Uses for the Benczkowski Memo
In this week’s installment on the ramifications of the Benczkowski Memo and recent DOJ policy changes, Jay Rosen considers how...
Billion-Dollar Baby: Ericsson FCPA Enforcement Action
The DOJ recently announced a resolution of the longstanding FCPA enforcement action involving Ericsson, a multinational networking and telecommunications equipment...
The Human Factor in FCPA Violations and Compliance Issues
An organization comprised of humans will have its failings; people are fallible, after all. But this in no way means...
DOJ Updates FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy Again
The DOJ recently announced updates to its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. Michael Volkov shares how, while the changes were relatively...
The Unaoil Exec’s Guilty Pleas: The Ahsanis’ Criminal Information
The bribery described here is audacious; the scale of the corruption is stunning. Monaco-based Unaoil maintained a global scheme of...
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