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.
Jay Rosen continues looking at the DOJ announcements over the past several years, as well as the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, announced in November 2017, to consider how companies can use this information externally to bolster their compliance programs. There...
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In this week’s installment on the ramifications of the Benczkowski Memo and recent DOJ policy changes, Jay Rosen considers how companies can use the information from the Memo to bolster their internal compliance programs. The DOJ now mandates that companies...
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The DOJ recently announced a resolution of the longstanding FCPA enforcement action involving Ericsson, a multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Sweden. The matter was stunning in the total amount of fines and penalties assessed, coming...
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An organization comprised of humans will have its failings; people are fallible, after all. But this in no way means we should take unethical behavior in stride. Ation Advisory’s Frank Orlowski discusses the human element of wrongdoing. Human vulnerability to...
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The DOJ recently announced updates to its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. Michael Volkov shares how, while the changes were relatively minor, the modifications underscored important principles surrounding the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. There is no question that the DOJ has...
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The bribery described here is audacious; the scale of the corruption is stunning. Monaco-based Unaoil maintained a global scheme of wrong-doing that involved more than 1,400 employees, 10 countries and at least 27 different entities. The company pleaded guilty in...
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In multiple recent cases, it seems the DOJ has softened its approach on charging self-disclosing companies for FCPA crimes involving aggravated circumstances. Bass, Berry & Sims’ Lindsey Fetzer, Thad McBride and Abby Yi discuss the implications. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt...
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Some apparent deficiencies have come to light in Japan’s prosecution of foreign bribery, and the OECD is urging the country to take action to close loopholes and stiffen penalties. Clifford Chance’s Wendy Wysong, Tess Forge and Catherine Ho weigh in....
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Audrey Harris, partner and co-chair of Mayer Brown’s global anti-corruption & FCPA practice, talks all things anti-corruption – from Jay Clayton’s critique of regulators’ lackluster enforcement to the next frontier of compliance. CCI: Tell us about your background. How did...
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Michael Volkov details the recent FCPA settlement against Barclays for improper hiring practices stretching back several years. One key factor that allowed the issue to continue for so long: a seeming lack of awareness of applicable anti-corruption laws. Barclays joined...
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The 2005 docudrama Syriana captured the moment just before FCPA enforcement reached the great heights we’ve come to expect today. Anne Eberhardt theorizes on the areas where authorities may focus next. The makers of the film Syriana posed several intriguing...
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Deutsche Bank’s hiring practices in the Asia-Pacific region have exposed the institution to corruption risk, and SEC has taken note. Michael Volkov provides details on the company’s recent FCPA settlement with the SEC. If there ever was a poster child...
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