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Bribery
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FCPA Professor
Eleven Years Ago The FCPA Guidance Was Issued
By Mike Koehler
Eleven years ago, the DOJ and SEC released the FCPA Guidance. The guidance generated a substantial amount of buzz, but the festive coverage soon subsidized as the guidance turned 1, 2,…
FCPA Professor
Regarding “Family Businesses” And FCPA Enforcement …
By Mike Koehler
This FCPA Blog post discusses “family businesses — those retaining significant founding-family ownership or management participation or both” and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and how family businesses are “grossly…
FCPA Professor
Roundup Of Recent Non-FCPA, FCPA Enforcement Actions
By Mike Koehler
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has always been a law much broader than its name suggests. Sure, the FCPA contains anti-bribery provisions which concern foreign bribery. Sure, the FCPA’s books…
The Right Coast
Hunter Biden Email About $5M Burisma Pay Corroborates FD-1023
An email apparently sent by Hunter Biden to longtime business associate Devon Archer discusses a $5 million payment from Ukrainian energy company Burisma appearing to corroborate the FBI FD-1023 form…
The Right Coast
Biden, Menendez, And Michelle: Birds Of A Bribery Feather Issues & Insights
Just as Democrats were ramping up calls for Menendez to step down over bribery charges filed against him, and as House Republicans started their impeachment inquiry into whether Joe Biden…
FCPA Professor
U.S. Senator Charged With Bribery Offenses
By Mike Koehler
Last week the DOJ announced that an indictment was unsealed charging U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), his wife Nadine Menendez, and three New Jersey businessmen, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred…
The Right Coast
The Bidens: “Stone Cold Crooked” (9) — When Can We Start Calling It What It Is, Namely Bribery? Manhattan Contrarian
The Biden family corruption scandal gets deeper with every passing day. Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally opened an impeachment investigation in the House last week, and now the first hearing in…
Legal Profession Blog
Bribery Conviction Leads To Interim Suspension
A felony conviction has resulted in an interim suspension imposed by the Ohio Supreme Court.A press release from the United States Attorney for the Northern District of OhioThree former Toledo City…
Cleary Enforcement Watch
U.S. District Court Tosses FIFA Bribery Convictions, Finding Honest Services Statute Does Not Reach Foreign Commercial Bribery
By Victor L. Hou, Joon H. Kim, Jonathan S. Kolodner, Rahul Mukhi, Hannah Rogge, Lisa Vicens, David A. Last, Matthew C. Solomon, Jennifer Kennedy Park
On September 1, 2023, U.S. District Judge Pamela K. Chen of the Eastern District of New York granted a judgment of acquittal in the latest FIFA bribery prosecution, holding that…
FCPA Professor
Venezuelan Citizen Charged With FCPA Offenses In Connection Venezuelan Food Bribery Scheme
By Mike Koehler
Earlier this week a criminal information was filed in the Southern District of Florida charging Orlando Alfonso Contreras Saab (a citizen of Venezuela) with conspiracy to violate the FCPA in…