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Bribery
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Allens Insights
(WIP) Understanding 'adequate procedures' – foreign bribery
By Allens
The time to assess your company's exposure to bribery and corruption risk is now 11 min read In the wake of the new 'failure to prevent' offence, the Commonwealth Attorney-General…
FCPA Professor
What Should Happen When A U.S. Official Receives Bribes From A Foreign Company?
By Mike Koehler
The U.S. has brought FCPA enforcement actions against U.S. companies for bribing foreign officials. The U.S. has brought FCPA enforcement actions against foreign companies for bribing foreign officials (in some…
FCPA Professor
U.S. Congressman And Wife Charged With Bribery
By Mike Koehler
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerns bribery of foreign officials. This post concerns bribery of U.S. officials. Last week the DOJ announced that U.S. Congressman Enrique Roberto “Henry” Cuellar (D-TX) and…
Latham.London
SFO Announces Ambitious Five-Year Plan
The Serious Fraud Office’s strategy for 2024 to 2029 indicates aspiration to be a more effective agency and to incentivise personnel. By Nathan Seltzer, Pamela Reddy, Clare Nida, and Annie…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS To Test Limits of Federal Anti-Bribery Statute
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Snyder v. United States, the case testing whether the federal anti-bribery statute criminalizes only quid pro quo bribery, or also after-the-fact "gratuities."…
Red Notice Law Journal
ECUADOR: ESTLUND LAW OBTAINS REMOVAL OF CLIENT’S THREE OUTSTANDING INTERPOL RED NOTICES
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.- Estlund Law has successfully obtained the removal of three Red Notices for our client, Arturo Escobar. Mr. Escobar was accused of bribery, organized crime, and money laundering in Ecuador…
Legal Profession Blog
Bribery Conviction Draws Disbarment
A criminal conviction has drawn disbarment from the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial DepartmentOn November 16, 2023, respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Charges Another Former Stericycle Executive
By Mike Koehler
In mid-2022, Stericycle (an Illinois based medical waste disposal company) resolved a net $59 million parallel DOJ and SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action (see here and here for prior posts). In the words…
Legal Profession Blog
Former Official Charged
The Columbus Dispatch has the story of charges recently filed by Ohio Disciplinary CounselFormer Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo is accused of using his position to benefit Akron-based FirstEnergy…
Legal Profession Blog
Former Commonweath’s Attorney Suspended
A criminal conviction has drawn an interim suspension of a former Commonwealth's Attorney by the Kentucky Supreme Court.The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky had a press…