Apotex, Sandoz, Taro to Pay $447M Over FCA Violations Involving Price-Fixing of Generic Drugs
The Justice Department's probe into the generic pharmaceutical industry has resulted in three new settlements. Each arose from deferred prosecution ...
Tag: Department of Justice (DOJ)
Former Brazilian Petrochemical CEO Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison Over FCPA Violations
DOJ says scheme involved diverting millions from company into slush fund and paying bribes to Brazilian government officials, political parties ...
In Break with Tradition, DOJ Indicted Former Ericsson Employee for Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme
A former Ericsson employee allegedly employed "financial sleight-of-hand involving a sham consulting contract, a false due-diligence report, and fake invoices" ...
What Does the DOJ Look for in Compliance Training?
If you end up sitting across from the Department of Justice, defending the decisions you made about training, what are ...
Doing Battle on (At Least) Two Fronts: What Happens When Multiple Regulators Engage in Parallel Enforcement Efforts?
When multiple regulators bring enforcement actions, information gathered in civil proceedings is often used in subsequent criminal trials. But there ...
Tom Fox’s FCPA Year in Review: A Look Back at the Corruption Cases That Defined a Tumultuous 2020
2020 was a very significant year for every compliance practitioner and compliance program. Not only was it the year with ...
DOJ Goes for the Honduran President’s Jugular In Sentencing of Tony Hernandez
With the sentencing of Tony Hernandez, brother to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Southern District of New York and ...
Justice Department Takes Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
Historic level of enforcement action during national health emergency continues March 26, 2021 – The Department of Justice announced an ...
Boeing Fraud Enforcement Action
One of the top corporate scandals over the past few years entered its next phase with the settlement by the ...
The Curious Absence of Corporate Monitors
AAG Brian Benczkowski’s 2018 memo on selecting corporate monitors states that one should only be imposed when there’s a “clear ...
DOJ Launches 2 Criminal Prosecutions of Illegal No-Poach and Wage-Fixing Agreements
We've heard the warnings about criminal indictments against companies engaging in no-poach or wage-fixing agreements. Now the DOJ's Antitrust Division ...
The Vitol Enforcement Action
If there was ever a question about energy traders and FCPA risk, a recent FCPA enforcement action against Vitol answers ...
