The SEC and Justice Department unit chiefs said FCPA enforcement is not lagging.
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who has lobbied to amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, mostly heaped praise on the Justice Department Friday for its new guidance to businesses seeking to comply with the foreign anti-bribery statute.
The reasons for the rarity of restitution in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases may lie in both the nature of the crime itself as well as in the statutes governing restitution.
In one of the hottest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations currently ongoing, the casino company drops one well known lawyer for another.
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said the argument that Steptoe lawyers were agents of the Justice Department during an internal investigation may have merit.
Bill Stuckwisch was of the mainstays of the Justice Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit.
Defendants in a California foreign bribery case argue that interviews during an internal investigation violated their Fifth Amendment rights.
The Justice Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act chief said prosecutors are reviewing what went wrong in several recent trials, but cautioned against “reading too much” into outcomes that hinged on issues outside the scope of the FCPA.
Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire continued its legal hiring binge.
News Corp. also has hired Mark Mendelsohn of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Marsh joins AIG in offering insurance to cover the costs of a potential foreign bribery investigation.
An Assistant U.S. Attorney that helped try the first foreign bribery case in the entertainment industry is joining Paul, Weiss, the firm said on Wednesday.
Handicapping what’s next for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s foreign bribery team.
The head of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit is leaving the SEC.
Five former Justice Department officials and federal prosecutors made the list.
Transparency International-USA is guided by a multi-stakeholder Board and Advisory Council comprised of leaders with experience in government, business, development assistance, academia and the non-profit sectors.
The ruling last month by U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell of the Southern District of New York provides a legal basis for defeating motions to suppress wiretaps in the anti-bribery arena, said Mark Mendelsohn, the DOJ’s former FCPA enforcement chief.
A review of court transcripts and other documents show hesitation on the part of federal judges in awarding harsh sentences for foreign bribery defendants.
Mark Mendelsohn helped turn the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act from a sleepy backwater into a high-profile and vigorous area of federal law enforcement.
The International Bar Association surveyed around 650 lawyers from 95 jurisdictions on their knowledge of international anti-bribery tools and about corruption within their own profession.
Criminal defense lawyers with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act experience on their resumes are much in demand as the Department of Justice steps up its enforcement.
A provision in the new financial regulatory law would make it more lucrative for individuals to report possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations to investigators.
Three U.S. Justice Department prosecutors have been named as supervisors within the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
Charles Duross, 39, an acting Deputy Chief, was promoted to temporarily lead the anti-corruption unit in April.
The DOJ Antitrust Division’s successful corporate leniency policy is used to get price-fixing conspirators to rat each other out. It isn’t clear there is the same leverage for DOJ in a similar policy for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases.
To say federal prosecutors are just feathering their nests by aggressively enforcing anti-bribery laws strikes us as a pretty low blow.
The veteran prosecutor has been nominated twice now for the watchdog post overseeing a new housing finance regulator.
The veteran prosecutor has been nominated twice now for the watchdog post overseeing a new housing finance regulator.
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Consumer protection lawyer Julie Brill starts work at the Federal Trade Commission.
BEST FCPA LAWYERS PRACTICE GROUP OF THE YEAR. Main Justice held an awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., to honor top firms in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act arena. This video shows announcement of the finalists and winner in the Practice Group of the Year category.
Mary Jacoby is the founder of Main Justice and Editor-in-Chief of Just Anti-Corruption.
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