Category Archives for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

FCPA Enforcement in 2010: Prepare for Blastoff

March 11, 2010
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

When Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer was recently asked to comment on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in 2009, he minced no words: “One can say without exaggeration that this

DOJ Unit That Prosecutes FCPA to Bulk Up “Substantially”

February 26, 2010
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Top Story

As reported today in Corporate Counsel magazine, anti-corruption enforcement is bulking up (click here for article). Mark Mendelsohn, deputy chief of the DOJ fraud section’s criminal division,

Commentary: FCPA Internal Investigations — Are They Worth It?

January 7, 2010
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

As we have commented on in numerous posts (click here), enforcement activity under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act continues to increase. We have reported on how federal prosecutors are utilizing

FCPA Report Shows Companies Shelling Out to Avoid Prosecution

November 5, 2009
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Since so many Posse List members (contract attorneys, law firms, computer forensics specialists, etc.) are working on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters we thought the most recent bi-annual

“Corruption … is good … and the FCPA … is good … for contract attorneys” – Gordon Gekko

Ok, maybe Gordon Gekko did not say that but he could have. Anyway, we used it because the Wall Street sequel hits the streets soon (click here) and several Posse List members working on an entertainment

ILTA, trend lines in the e-discovery market, FCPA, foreign language, document review, yadda yadda yadda: the “takeaways” for contract attorneys

The summer and Labor Day holidays are over, and so we are off. The ILTA conference (our coverage is here) held two weeks ago was an eye-opener on new trend lines, jobs for contract attorneys,

How Lessons Learned Provide Future Guidance On FCPA Compliance

August 5, 2009
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

In 2005, Monsanto acknowledged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) following its self-disclosure of inappropriate payments by former employees to Indonesian government officials. That

Keeping Up With The FCPA In Challenging Times

August 5, 2009
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The rapidly changing economic landscape presents countless challenges to global organizations, not the least of which is compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). U.S. companies with

FCPA … the beat goes on

January 9, 2009
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

As we mentioned in our “Trends” posting last month, FCPA cases were at a high in 2008 and will continue upward in 2009. Contract attorneys in DC, NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. have seen 2009 open

Editorial: The Siemens case — our analysis

December 20, 2008
/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

We have read the public comments by Peter Löscher (the press releases, the choreographed interviews) of “Siemens endorses clean business” and we agree they were a tremendous help to their

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