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.
The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same With 2018 officially behind us, Michael Volkov looks at FCPA enforcement in 2018, discussing some of the DOJ’s most notable actions. Happy New Year! Another year is in the books...
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5 Risky Mistakes Companies Make Third-party relationships result in a majority of FCPA resolutions and investigations. Dan Wendt, member at Miller & Chevalier, discusses why third-party due diligence should be a central part of any anti-corruption program and shares insights...
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Indictments and Other Developments Following indictments unsealed last week, Michael Volkov revisits the 1MDB scandal, from the major players to the various wrongdoings. The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB scandal) has been making headlines for the past few years. The turning...
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Applying the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy There are many ways a merger or acquisition can go sideways, including the discovery of less-than-legal business practices. However, a recent speech from the Department of Justice should help compliance officers involved in the...
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Historic Corruption and Its Modern-Day Impacts Anne Eberhardt, CFE, CAMS and Senior Director at Gavin/Solmonese, discusses two notable cases involving corruption, bribery and consequent violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Each offers instruction for compliance practitioners. This autumn we...
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Resulting Settlements and Remedial Measures Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has entered into a series of settlements in closing out corruption investigations and litigation. For a long period of time, corruption was endemic at the corporation (the DOJ estimates...
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Mitigating the Risk Posed by Introducers Wendy Wysong and associates at Clifford Chance write on the rise in prominence of “introducers” in Asia-Pacific countries and explain how the use of introducers can expose the organization to corruption risk. The team...
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Conspiracy Count Dismissed in Ruling on United States v. Hoskins In a recent case heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Lawrence Hoskins, a former executive at Alstom, was charged with conspiracy to bribe foreign officials. The Court’s decision in...
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The Implication for Non-FCPA Related Cases Michael Volkov discusses the Justice Department’s FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, enacted late last year; its efficacy so far; and its potential impact on corporate criminal cases unrelated to the FCPA. The Justice Department’s FCPA...
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Corporate Criminal Liability for Bribery in Asia-Pacific While individual employees and company representatives are responsible for acts of bribery in the majority of cases, the trend in Asia-Pacific countries is toward greater scrutiny of corporations. with co-authors Jenni Hill, Lei...
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A Bribe is a Bribe Why do organizations use sanitized language rather than more direct verbiage? A new generation of business leaders and employees is beginning to question the need for corporate speak. Michael Volkov discusses the need for a...
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"Resources Reflect Policy" and Other Observations Michael Volkov discusses themes emerging in the DOJ’s and SEC’s enforcement of FCPA violations thus far in 2018. There are two distinct themes in FCPA enforcement: The first is consistency (i.e., that some enforcement...
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- Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Neil R. Cole and Seth Horowitz December 5, 2019SEC Charges Iconix Brand Group and Former Top Executives with Accounting Fraud
- Lester Burroughs December 5, 2019SEC Charges Connecticut Man with Defrauding Retail Investors
- SBB Research Group LLC, et al. December 4, 2019SEC Charges Hedge Fund Adviser and Top Executives with Fraud
