Is the FCPA Working? Three Dispatches from Latin America
In his August 12, 2011 article entitled “Recent Disclosures Raise Many FCPA Questions,” the FCPA Professor Mike Koehler asks whether increased FCPA enforcement has done anything to deter future...
View ArticleWhat FCPA Enforcement Is Thinking in 2011
The annual National Conference on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in Washington, DC, hosted by American Conference Institute, is always a unique opportunity to hear from FCPA enforcement...
View ArticleAnother BRIC in the Anti-Corruption Wall (Brazil considers foreign bribery...
The Brazilian Congress is now considering Draft Bill 6.826/2010 that would dramatically strengthen its foreign bribery law. This is a significant development – the result of years of effort by...
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An FCPAméricas Status Update
Tomorrow marks the five-month anniversary of the launch of the FCPAméricas Blog. Remember the first post on October 3, 2011? Is the FCPA Working? Three Dispatches from Latin America. Now, almost 40...
View ArticlePoor Regulatory Quality — A Corruption Red Flag?
Indicators show that, compared to other regions of the world, Latin American countries generally have poor regulatory regimes. The World Bank Doing Business 2012 report ranks Latin American countries,...
View ArticleD&O and FCPA: What underwriters should know about assessing corruption risk
Increasingly, the insurance industry is exploring the possibilities of extending directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance to costs associated with investigations of potential U.S. Foreign...
View ArticleWhy Tyco Got Off Easy
We do not know for sure why Tyco received only a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) instead of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), or how it avoided a monitor. But the treatment is notable. Even the...
View ArticleWhen the CEO Says No to Compliance: FCPA Insights from Watergate’s Egil “Bud”...
A recent video posted by the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics highlights one of the most difficult ethical issues facing FCPA compliance officers – doing your job when the CEO does not want you to....
View ArticleReflections on BizJet: When Shoes Keep Dropping
Today’s guest post is from anti-corruption attorney Matthew Fowler who formerly worked as a compliance officer at a multinational defense company. In April, two executives of BizJet pled guilty to...
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