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Securities Law Prof Blog
Novo Nordisk Settles FCPA Charges
The SEC settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act books and records and internal controls charges against Novo Nordisk, a Danish company that specializes in the manufacture and development of pharmaceutical products and is a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Novo Nordisk Deferred Prosecution Agreement
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Releasereports on a deferred prosecution agreement entered into by "Novo Nordisk A/S (Novo), a Danish corporation based in Bagsvaerd, Denmark." The agreement calls for the company to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
DOJ Press Release,Two Department of Defense Contractors Charged in Bribery Conspiracy Related to DOD Contracts in AfshanistanDOJ Press Release, Former Bristol-Myers Squibb Senior Executive Pleads Guilty for Role in Dishonest Dealings with…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Press Release,Two Individuals Convicted on Charges of Conspiracy and Bribery in Connection with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans Levee Reconstruction ProjectPress Release, Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
E&Y Settles HealthSouth Accounting Fraud Charges for $109 Million
Ernst & Young, HealthSouth's auditor from 1996-2002, agreed to pay $109 million to settle accounting fraud charges brought by HealthSouth investors. UBS previously settled similar charges for $100 million. Richard Scrushy,…
Pension Risk Matters
You Can’t Regulate Honor
As famed playwright George Bernard Shaw once said, "The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor." I've been thinking about the…
International Law Prof Blog
Update on KBR FCPA Story
In an update to the story posted Monday regarding the charges brought against KBR (Kellogg, Brown & Root, the former Halliburton subsidiary), alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC Pleads on FCPA
By Ellen Podgor
According to a DOJ Press Release "Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR), a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty today to charges related to the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
KBR and Halliburton Settle FCPA Charges Involving Nigerian Contracts
The SEC announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges that KBR subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root LLC bribed Nigerian government officials over a 10-year period,…
International Law Prof Blog
KBR Charged in FCPA Case in Connection with Bribes in Nigeria
For those of you who cover the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in your courses, you may be interested in the recent charges brought by the U.S. government against KBR…