As highlighted in this prior post, in 2016 Misonix made a voluntary disclosure to the DOJ and SEC to “inform both agencies that the Company may have had knowledge of certain business practices of the independent Chinese entity that
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Rewind: Remembering The DOJ’s Embarrassing Africa Sting Case
Twelve years ago this week, one of the most embarrassing DOJ FCPA enforcement actions began – an enforcement action that a federal court judge would ultimately call “a long and sad chapter in the annals of white collar criminal enforcement.”
Hats Off To Urofsky
Shearman & Sterling recently released its annual “Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”
Year in and year out, it is one of the best law firm generated FCPA year in review
DOJ FCPA Enforcement – 2021 Year In Review
This recent post highlighted SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement against issuers in 2021.
Today’s post focuses on the other FCPA enforcement agency – the Department of Justice – and highlights various facts and figures relevant to DOJ FCPA enforcement
The “Foreign Officials” Of 2021
A “foreign official.”
Without one, there can be no FCPA anti-bribery violation (civil or criminal). Who were the alleged “foreign officials” of 2021?
This post highlights the alleged “foreign officials” from 2021 corporate DOJ and SEC FCPA enforcement actions. Compared to prior
SEC FCPA Enforcement – 2021 Year In Review
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, it’s not just about the DOJ.
Granted, as a civil enforcement agency the SEC’s sticks are less sharp than the DOJ’s, but the SEC also claims a significant piece of the FCPA enforcement pie (query
Like Prior Years, The Gray Cloud Of FCPA Scrutiny Lasted Too Long In 2021
This recent post highlighted the origins of corporate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions in 2021.
Continuing with the 2021 FCPA statistical feast, this post follows the chronology of scrutiny to enforcement and highlights one of the most troubling policy issues
The Origins Of 2021 Corporate Enforcement Actions
This recent post compared corporate FCPA enforcement actions in 2021 to prior years. However, before a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action is announced, scrutiny must first arise.
This post highlights the origins of the four core corporate enforcement actions
Corporate FCPA Enforcement In 2021 Compared To Prior Years
This post, the first in a weeks-long statistical feast on FCPA Professor, compares corporate FCPA enforcement in 2021 to prior years.
Keep the numbers in this post in mind when you see other 2021 FCPA enforcement statistics that are plainly false (see
Thank You For Reading FCPA Professor In 2021
This is the 299th and final post of 2021.
If FCPA Professor added value to your practice or business or otherwise enlightened your day in 2021 and caused you to contemplate the issues in a more sophisticated way, there is