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Richard L. Cassin |
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 7:28AM
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Richard L. Cassin |
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 7:28AM
Gifts, travel and entertainment, foreign officials, successor liability, and effective compliance programs.
Richard L. Cassin |
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 11:28AM
The DOJ's second Opinion Procedure Release this year approved a plan by 19 non-profit adoption agencies to bring foreign officials to the United States to meet the staff at the agencies and families who have already adopted kids from the officials' country.
Richard L. Cassin |
Monday, September 24, 2012 at 3:13PM
Tyco International Ltd. agreed on Monday to pay criminal and civil penalties totaling more than $26 million to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.
Andy Spalding |
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 1:18AM
I’ve tried to map out some unfamiliar ways to think about FCPA reform. See these proposals as you might an old map -- exploratory, perhaps imprecise, still incomplete -- but meant to excite the human spirit.
Richard L. Cassin |
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 3:28AM
The appeal by Carlos Rodriguez and Joel Esquenazi of their FCPA convictions is now with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
As Mike Koehler noted in his post today (and in prior coverage), 'this is a historic appeal, the first time in the FCPA’s history that “foreign official” will be squarely before an appellate court.'
Philip Fitzgerald |
Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 7:18AM What are public international organizations? Philip Fitzgerald dives deep for an answer.
Philip Fitzgerald |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 1:38AM The academic jury seemed intrigued by a related issue: What about officials of NGOs, who are not "foreign public officials" under the FCPA or other international texts?
Daniel Knight |
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 8:02AM The Australian government's proposal to remove the facilitation payments defense may well be motivated by a desire to take a strong anti-corruption stance.
Richard L. Cassin |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 3:51AM A letter from two Congressmen to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said companies that had settled FCPA cases or were under investigation for foreign bribery had helped lead efforts to narrow the scope of the law.
Richard L. Cassin |
Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:13AM The FCPA outlaws bribes to 'foreign officials.' It doesn't say anything about the nationality of the 'foreign officials,' or whether they have to be non-U.S. citizens.