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The Man From FCPA

The Man From FCPA is a blog about enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-bribery statutes around the world, written primarily by Compliance Week columnist Tom Fox plus other occasional contributors. Fox is now an independent consultant assisting companies with FCPA and compliance issues, after many years as in-house counsel and outside counsel on anti-bribery and corruption issues. Fox also hosts a weekly podcast, “The FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report,” and writes an in-depth monthly column for Compliance Week as well.
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What is the cost of a subpoena?
Tom Fox | July 9, 2018
Glencore has seen a drop in its share price, which could be related to the Justice Department having issued a subpoena for possible FCPA violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
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Condos, corruption, and compliance
Tom Fox | June 18, 2018
While President Trump promised condos in North Korea as a part of his negotiations with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jung Un, it doesn’t mean companies will have an easy time doing business in the country, which ranked as “highly corrupt,” on the 2017 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.
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Autonomy verdict and FCPA defenses
Tom Fox | May 5, 2018
A recent case involving Autonomy and Hewlett-Packard shows that it is not the bribe receiver’s conduct but the bribe payor’s conduct that matters.
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South Africa reminds the FCPA covers political parties
Tom Fox | January 29, 2018
For any company doing business in South Africa, all your contacts with the African National Congress have FCPA implications; This means all the investigations you might be performing for contracts with the South African government, anything associated with the Gupta family or state-owned enterprises, should be assessed for ANC contacts as well.
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FCPA protects the safety and health of Americans
Tom Fox | June 26, 2017
Some continue to believe that bribery and corruption that occurs outside the United States does not concern the United States, its laws, or is even worth the time of U.S. law enforcement agencies. This myopic view belies both the inter-connectedness of the world’s economy and the facts on the ground.
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Hosted hunting trips in Sweden and Texas
Tom Fox | January 30, 2017
Tom Fox explores the ethical implications of hosted hunting trips and specifically the case of Fredrik Lundberg, chairman of Sweden-based Industrivarden, and Anders Borg, the former finance minister of that country, who was given just such a trip by Lundberg.
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The FCPA and ‘Islands of Honesty’
Tom Fox | December 12, 2016
The Man From FCPA Tom Fox explores a recent article that hopes to answer the question: Why are so many governments around the world collapsing amid corruption scandals?”
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Stopping little lies before they become FCPA violations
Tom Fox | October 25, 2016
What makes a fraudster? And how can a fraudster’s actions lead to larger complications for your corporation’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act policies? Tom Fox sets out to answer these questions.
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Unaoil-Can things get any bigger?
Tom Fox | April 24, 2016
The Justice Department and SEC have their work cut out for them, says FCPA blogger Tom Fox, as the Monaco-based Unaoil scandal—in which the company used commissions to bribe clients—may be the biggest corruption enforcement action yet.
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The other cleat drops in the FIFA corruption probe
Tom Fox | April 19, 2016
The FIFA corruption probe has shifted to U.S. corporations that did business with FIFA, regional soccer federations, and national soccer organizations, prompting some companies, including Nike, DirectTV, and Standard Chartered, to start their own internal investigations. The message is quite clear for those U.S. companies with affiliations to soccer regulators: You need to get out ahead of the government probe now by investigating any business dealings you might have had in this arena, says CW’s FCPA blogger Tom Fox.
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Is Venezuela’s state oil company creating the next Petrobras scandal?
Tom Fox | March 29, 2016
While Petrobras currently holds the title as the most corrupt national energy company in South America, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) is a strong contender as well, thanks to ongoing U.S. investigations into possible FCPA violations involving U.S. companies, Swiss banks, and corrupt PDVSA officials.
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How Qualcomm’s FCPA blunder involved rank incompetency
Tom Fox | March 9, 2016
Hiring the son or daughter of a government official to secure a lucrative business contract is clearly out of bounds. But hiring somebody who was specifically rejected from an interview process as being unfit for the job in question, a scenario recently played out at Qualcomm and its China-based operations … that’s a compliance transgression that practically begs for regulator intervention.
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Petrobras refinery explosion reveals poor compliance of a different kind
Tom Fox | March 7, 2016
When corruption-plagued Brazilian energy giant Petrobras overpaid for a Houston-area refinery by some $950 million, it raised more than a few eyebrows. And when that refinery suffered a large explosion and fire recently, it showed that failure to practice good safety and failure to practice good business ethics go hand-in-hand.
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