Foreign Corrupt Practices Act News
February 13, 2013
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February 13, 2013
The business community’s push to amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is on the back burner, though still simmering, new lobbying disclosure reports suggest.
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February 13, 2013
This post summarizes the many instances in which federal court judges have found various provisions of the FCPA to be ambiguous.
February 12, 2013
WSJ.com Corruption Currents |
February 12, 2013
A former Haitian official says in court papers he isn’t really an official. No, it’s not an Abbott & Costello routine. It’s the latest twist in a case that led to one co-defendant getting the longest U.S. foreign-bribery sentence in history.
February 11, 2013
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February 11, 2013
A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday denied a motion seeking the dismissal of a foreign bribery action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against three former executives of the Hungarian telcommunications company Magyar Telekom plc.
FCPA Professor |
February 11, 2013
This previous post discussed the SEC’s December 2011 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against former Magyar Telekom executives Elek Straub, Andras Balogh and Tamas Morvai (“Defendants”). Magyar Telekom is a Hungarian telecommunications company that had shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange and previously resolved a joint DOJ/SEC enforcement action in December 2011.
February 8, 2013
WSJ.com Corruption Currents |
February 8, 2013
The Justice Department recommended no jail time for three former executives of industrial valve maker Control Components Inc. who admitted to participating in an international bribery scheme.
WSJ.com Corruption Currents |
February 8, 2013
NCR Corp. said Thursday that the company and a special committee of the board of directors had completed their respective investigations into alleged violations of an anti-bribery law and trade sanctions.
February 7, 2013
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February 7, 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission is testing the extraterritorial reach of an anti-bribery law in a pair of cases in New York against former executives of two foreign corporations.
February 5, 2013
WSJ.com Corruption Currents |
February 5, 2013
A federal judge tempered his requirements for approving a foreign bribery settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and International Business Machines Corp. Monday, but warned IBM not to ask for too much leeway.
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February 5, 2013
More than three quarters of settlement amounts received following U.S. Department of Justice allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act stem from a small handful of companies and events, according to recent academic research.
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