The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is approaching the big 5-0 as the law was enacted in 1977.
2004 – hard to believe – was 22 years ago and that year saw three developments relevant to the “modern era” of FCPA enforcement.
Approximately 20 years ago, while in private practice, I was involved in an internal investigation involving the Chinese subsidiary of a U.S. issuer providing travel and entrainment to individuals who the DOJ/SEC considered Chinese “foreign officials.”
It culminated in the
On July 17th, the DOJ announced a $10.2 million FCPA enforcement action against The Scoular Company based on alleged bribery scheme in Mexico. (See here for the prior post).
As stated in the DOJ release:
“Between 2013 and 2019, Scoular
On July 17th, the DOJ announced an FCPA enforcement action against The Scoular Company based on alleged bribery scheme in Mexico. (See here for the prior post).
The criminal information charging the company with conspiracy to violate the FCPA’s anti-bribery
This recent post discussed how newly engaged defense counsel in U.S. v. Hobson made a filing seeking leave to file a reply in support of Hobson’s pending motion for a judgment of acquittal citing a June Supreme Court decision –
This week trial begins in U.S. v. Asante Berko (a former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International) before Judge Diane Gujarati (E.D.N.Y.).
The trial is believed to be just the 27th FCPA jury trial in the FCPA’s nearly 50 years.
In
FCPA Inc. has always been an active group of writers who often use any little nugget of information to market FCPA practices.
So it is with the recent Scoular Company FCPA enforcement action.
Even though it was a “garden variety”
The recent Scoular Company FCPA enforcement action was a “garden variety” enforcement action.
A company doing business in a foreign country had a point of contact with a “foreign official” in connection with some regulatory aspect of its business and
In 2025, Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais pleaded guilty to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offense of some sort in the Western District of Texas. (See here for the prior post).
The facts and circumstances of the enforcement action were unclear as
In 2025, Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais pleaded guilty to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offense of some sort in the Western District of Texas. (See here for the prior post).
The facts and circumstances of the enforcement action were unclear as
