A Mississippi man had threatened to blow up federal government buildings in Washington D.C., including the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building.
Stories Tagged ‘DOJ’
Alcatel-Lucent’s FCPA Roller Coaster Continues
According to its most recent regulatory filing, the global telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent has reached an agreement with the DOJ and SEC to pay some $137 million to settle charges the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for bribes paid in Costa Rica, Taiwan and Kenya.
SFO’s Alderman Wants More BAE-Like Corruption Settlements
The Financial Times has a long piece on the Serious Fraud Office’s stated desire to pursue more “global settlements” in corruption cases, and in concert with American authorities.
Pride International Announces Likely FCPA Settlement
The Houston-based offshore drilling company Pride International has announced further penalties associated with an ongoing probe into the company’s bribing of foreign officials to secure drilling contracts.
New Agreement Simplifies Extradition Rules with E.U.
Though we want to examine this more thoroughly in the coming days, Compliance Week does a good job of breaking down the significance of 56 new law enforcement-related treaties between the US and European Union that came into effect February 1st.
DOJ Gets New Software to Handle FOIA Requests
Software company Privasoft has been awarded a contract to provide Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) processing software for the Justice Department.
Fallout from the BAE Settlement
Reaction to the settlement BAE reached with British regulators was critical, with newspapers in the U.K. noting that the U.S. Justice Department drove a harder deal.
Ghana’s Oil Saga, Part II
Yesterday, we wrote about a growing conflict in Ghana over an oil deal with political overtones and alleged criminality. Today, one Ghanaian website is reporting that state officials may have failed in their efforts to compel the DOJ to investigate whether the Texas-based oil company Kosmos violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in acquiring a license to the Jubilee oil field.
Dupont Lobbies DOJ on Monsanto
Dupont likened its rival to Intel Corp., and cited the FTC’s case against the chip maker to argue for antitrust action against Monsanto.
