- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2023-10-26T19:08:00
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is sticking with David Fuhr as permanent head of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit.
Fuhr had the “acting” removed from his title on Oct. 10, a DOJ spokesperson confirmed. Fuhr had been serving as acting chief of the FCPA Unit, which is housed under the DOJ’s Fraud Section, since May, when his predecessor David Last departed the agency.
Last has since joined law firm Cleary Gottlieb as a partner.
2023-11-08T16:54:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
A new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act review by the Department of Justice offers an example of when stipends paid to foreign government personnel would not be considered a violation of the anti-bribery provisions of the law.
2023-10-12T16:00:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
All the carrots being offered by the Department of Justice in the past year—greater penalty reduction thresholds, relief related to compensation clawbacks, voluntary self-disclosure incentives—are part of a strategy to strengthen the enforcement stick when companies don’t cooperate.
2023-10-05T18:50:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Department of Justice’s push to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-disclose potential misconduct reached its next stage in the form of a safe harbor policy regarding mergers and acquisitions.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
2025-06-19T19:28:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Fraud now accounts for around 40% of all crime in the U.K., posing a major problem for banks and consumers. Ted Datta, head of industry practice for financial crime compliance at Moody’s, warns that the risk is growing fast.
2025-06-16T18:04:00Z By Neil Hodge
Trying to put rules in place to oversee an industry that has grown largely outside of regulation is not without serious challenges. But the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) latest consultation aims to attract industry views about how some key aspects of crypto trading should be regulated ahead of planned ...
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