All FCPA articles – Page 10

  • Herbalife
    Article

    Herbalife sets aside $40M in FCPA probe

    2020-03-03T19:40:00Z

    Dietary supplement maker Herbalife said in a regulatory filing it has set aside $40 million in accrued liability concerning an investigation into the company’s compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in China.

  • Cardinal Health
    Article

    Compliance lessons from Cardinal Health’s FCPA settlement

    2020-03-02T18:54:00Z

    Cardinal Health reached an $8.8 million settlement with the SEC for violations of the FCPA concerning the operations of its former Chinese subsidiary. For prudent compliance officers, it’s a tale of how not to do business in China.

  • Alstom
    Article

    Judge acquits Alstom exec on FCPA charges

    2020-02-27T18:42:00Z

    In a setback for the DOJ, a federal judge has acquitted, in part, a former executive of French power and transportation company Alstom for his role in a foreign bribery scheme in Indonesia.

  • Brasseur_opinion
    Article

    Trump’s efforts to weaken FCPA bad news for compliance

    2020-02-04T16:10:00Z

    If President Trump gets his way and the FCPA loses its bite, compliance officers would lose a valuable instrument in their fight to keep businesses on the right side of an ever-blurring line between right and wrong.

  • Ericsson
    Article

    Ericsson discloses E&C enhancements since $1B FCPA settlement

    2020-01-27T21:20:00Z

    Ericsson in a recent regulatory filing disclosed in more detail what improvements it has made to its ethics and compliance program following its $1 billion settlement with U.S. authorities last year concerning violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

  • Article

    Top DOJ compliance official resigns; rejoins Morgan Lewis

    2020-01-10T16:06:00Z

    Matt Miner, former deputy assistant attorney general of the DOJ’s Criminal Division who played a prominent role in the development of a range of significant compliance policy initiatives, will rejoin Morgan Lewis as a partner, the law firm has announced.

  • Article

    DOJ enforcement priorities for 2020 include antitrust

    2020-01-08T13:01:00Z

    Compliance officers need to step it up in 2020; a world of heightened risk means a world of heightened regulatory oversight.

  • BadApple
    Article

    Landec discloses FCPA probe

    2020-01-07T14:47:00Z

    Landec, an innovator of health and wellness solutions, has discovered and reported to U.S. regulators a “compliance issue” at its Yucatan Foods production facility in Guanajuato, Mexico. It now faces a government probe into possible FCPA violations

  • Article

    Uber: Fraud Section ends bribery probe

    2020-01-06T19:03:00Z

    The Department of Justice has closed its investigation into possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by ride-sharing company Uber.

  • Timeline
    Article

    Compliance 2020: A timeline

    2020-01-02T14:03:00Z

    Compliance Week looks back at two decades of scandals, enforcement actions, and regulatory policies (2000-2019) that shaped the compliance function we see today.

  • Brasseur_opinion
    Article

    Most-trafficked content tells story of the compliance officer

    2019-12-23T15:35:00Z

    Changes in the interests of our audience over the last several years help us to understand how much compliance officers must evolve in their jobs to meet the demands of a given time. 

  • Goldman Sachs Tower
    Article

    SEC bars former Goldman Sachs director over 1MDB scandal

    2019-12-17T15:50:00Z

    Former Goldman Sachs Group executive Tim Leissner has settled charges brought by the SEC for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. His settlement includes a permanent bar from the securities industry.

  • Brockmeyer
    Article

    Former FCPA chief’s 7 steps to third-party compliance

    2019-12-12T21:03:00Z

    Speaking at CW’s Third-Party Risk Management and Oversight Summit, former FCPA Unit chief Kara Brockmeyer called attention to recent enforcement actions against Walmart and Ericsson as a way to highlight seven steps to third-party compliance.

  • FCPA-July
    Article

    Ericsson finalizes $1B FCPA settlement

    2019-12-09T16:14:00Z

    Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has entered a $1 billion settlement with U.S. authorities to resolve a long-running investigation into violations of the FCPA that spanned 17 years and several geographies and involved high-level executives.

  • ThumbsUp
    Article

    Data-driven compliance can create business success

    2019-11-18T21:41:00Z

    Smart uses of data analytics show companies can not only improve their compliance programs with technology, but actually create bottom-line results for their companies as well.

  • China money
    Article

    Former Herbalife execs charged with FCPA violations

    2019-11-15T19:21:00Z

    The DOJ has charged two former executives of Herbalife with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for bribing Chinese government officials for over a decade and then trying to cover up the illicit payments.

  • Article

    Alstom exec convicted of FCPA, money-laundering charges

    2019-11-11T20:57:00Z

    A former Alstom executive was found guilty by a federal jury for his role in a multi-year, multi-million-dollar foreign bribery scheme and related money-laundering scheme in Indonesia.

  • Oilfield
    Article

    Unaoil execs plead guilty for roles in global bribery scheme

    2019-11-01T17:48:00Z

    The former CEO and chief operations officer of Monaco-based Unaoil have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries.

  • world map index
    Article

    Compliance lessons from recent nine-figure FCPA settlements

    2019-10-24T15:46:00Z

    Walmart, TechnipFMC, Fresenius—just to name a few—have all fallen prey to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a record year of jacked-up enforcement and sky-high penalties.

  • Columnist_Fox
    Article

    The evolution of FCPA enforcement

    2019-10-22T17:55:00Z

    Compliance Week guest columnist Tom Fox writes about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’s journey from 2012 through today.