Foreign Corrupt Practices Act News
May 23, 2013
Wall Street Journal |
May 23, 2013
A South Korean defendant in a case against executives of an industrial valve maker challenged his status as a fugitive, saying the status prevents him from fighting the charges against him–or even engaging in talks for a plea deal.
May 22, 2013
Corporate Counsel |
May 22, 2013
A recent opinion from the Southern District of New York interpreting the "means of interstate commerce" under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has opened the door for the United States federal judiciary to exercise jurisdiction over virtually any Internet communication, even when the communication both originates and terminates outside the physical jurisdiction of the United States.
May 21, 2013
National Law Journal |
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May 21, 2013
Foreign bribery and corruption prosecutions declined during 2012, even as 15 new countries were cracking down on such crimes involving their own government officials, according to a survey by Trace International Inc.
Associated Press |
May 21, 2013
A U.S. judge ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in Mexico.
May 17, 2013
New York Times |
May 17, 2013
Corruption is a growth business. Bribery scandals have dominated headlines in several countries in recent months, among them India and Nigeria. International enforcement of antibribery laws has been increasing in the United States and major European countries.
Bloomberg |
May 17, 2013
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. can’t block investors from using publicly disclosed internal files in lawsuits that claim directors failed to properly oversee executives accused of bribing Mexican officials, a judge said.
WSJ.com Risk and Compliance Journal |
May 17, 2013
China-based Rino International Corp. and two of its executives agreed to settle a lawsuit with U.S. regulators over allegations that the executives looted more $3.5 million in company assets and violated the accounting provisions of a U.S. anti-bribery law.
May 16, 2013
WSJ.com Risk and Compliance Journal |
May 16, 2013
The charges brought last week against traders at New York-based broker-dealer Direct Access Partners for allegedly arranging a multimillion dollar bribery scheme appear to be first to emanate out of one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s periodic examinations, perhaps signalling a new front in the U.S. war on foreign corruption.
Main Justice |
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May 16, 2013
Former BizJet International Sales and Support Inc. executives Neal M. Uhl and Peter R. DuBois were caught in a corporate culture that encouraged corruption, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell said during April 5 sentencing hearings.
May 15, 2013
FCPA Professor |
May 15, 2013
As highlighted in my article, “What Percentage of DOJ FCPA Losses is Acceptable?” bringing criminal charges and marshalling the full resources of law enforcement agencies against an individual alters the lives of real people and their families, sidetracks real careers, empties real bank accounts in mounting a defense, and causes often irreversible damage to real reputations. The manufactured Africa Sting case also had a negative impact on companies that employed the individuals charged in the case.
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