Teva to pay $519M to settle FCPA charges
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay $519 million to settle charges that it violated the FCPA; while global construction company Odebrecht and petrochemical company Braskem (both based in Brazil) will pay a combined penalty of $3.5 billion to settle the largest foreign bribery case in history. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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