1-2-3s of ABAC Compliance Programs
Despite the proliferation of laws aimed at fighting bribery and corruption, a recent international report found that most countries are ...
Tag: Anti-Corruption
The Hottest Compliance Takes of 2022
Nobody was canceled for anything they wrote for our pages in 2022 — at least that we know of. But ...
Win-Lose Situation: No Matter Outcome of Brazilian Presidential Election, Corruption Wins (and Everyone Else Loses)
Brazil’s presidential contest will head to a two-man runoff election later this month, but if any observers had hopes for ...
SEC Is Pushing Back Against Greenwashing; Bribery, Corruption Investigations Provide Valuable ESG Lessons
Smart firms are investing in ESG programs not just to showcase their cultural bona fides but to appeal to consumers ...
As Details of $1B Glencore FCPA Settlement Show, Cooperation Pays
The blockbuster settlement and plea agreement by Glencore tells the story of a multinational culture of corruption. Attorney and podcaster ...
Compliance and International Arbitration: Once Separate, Now Becoming Inextricably Linked
National and international arbitration venues and lower courts are now seeing corruption-related pleas, disclosures and settlement agreements introduced as evidence ...
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 ...
When It Comes to Preventing Bribery, Leave Nothing to the Imagination
One person’s harmless inducement is another’s criminal bribe. With customs, mores and laws that vary by culture, what constitutes bribery ...
Did Putin Invade Ukraine to Expand State Corruption?
Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be largely motivated by the drive to expand corrupt practices, writes Columbia University adjunct professor ...
How the Biden Administration Has Set the Table to Tackle Corruption
As outlined in a December strategy announcement, the Biden Administration intends to dramatically accelerate the fight against domestic and international ...
US District Court Rebuffed DOJ’s Basis for Claiming FCPA Jurisdiction Over Foreign Nationals. But New Precedent Is Unlikely
A U.S. District Court appeared to undermine an important aspect of FCPA cases – the determination of whether a foreign ...
Paul, Weiss 2021 FCPA and Anti-Corruption Enforcement Developments
FCPA enforcements fell in 2021 to their lowest in a decade, but many signs point to a rebound in FCPA ...
