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Bribery
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FCPA Professor
“Foreign Official” Status Disputed
By Mike Koehler
In August 2020, the DOJ announced that Jose Luis De Jongh Atencio (De Jongh) “a former official at Citgo Petroleum Corporation, a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy…
FCPA Professor
This Week On FCPA Professor
By Mike Koehler
FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.” Set forth…
FCPA Professor
Ng Files Motion To Dismiss
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in November 2018 the DOJ criminally charged former Goldman Sachs executives Tim Leissner and Ng Chong Hwa (Roger Ng) (along with Low Taek Jho…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
OECD Working Group on Bribery Issues Report Commending United States for Maintaining Leading Role in the Fight Against Transnational Corruption
The Working Group on Bribery of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Working Group) issued its Phase 4 Report of the United States today, announced the U.S. Departments…
Faruki Blog
Prior Public Corruption Trials Show How the Government May Prove Cases Against Indicted Cincinnati Councilmembers Jeff Pastor and P.G Sittenfeld
By aflottmanficlaw-com-augustus-flottman
The recent indictments of members of the Cincinnati City Council on bribery charges may thrust the Supreme Court's 2016 interpretation of the meaning of "official act" under the federal bribery…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
SFO recovers £1.2 million from London property connected with Brazilian bribery
By Pamela Reddy (UK), Neil O’May (UK), Andrew Reeves (UK)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that it has secured almost £1.2 million from Julio Faerman, owner of a luxury London flat which the SFO suspected to have been…
Food Safety News
JBS, S.A. shareholders agree to sue Joesley and Wesley Batista
By News Desk
JBS USA will hold its third quarter 2020 earnings conference call for the investment community this coming Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. There's more than just the usual financial news to…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Beam Suntory Inc. Agrees to Pay Over $19 Million to Resolve Criminal Foreign Bribery Case
Beam Suntory Inc. (Beam), a Chicago-based company that produces and sells distilled beverages, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $19,572,885 to resolve the department’s investigation into violations…
LawSites
Former Legaltech CEO Tried To Bribe New Haven Mayor
By Bob Ambrogi
Earlier this week, I provided an update on Derek Bluford, the indicted former founder of a legal technology company whose newly published book claims he was an FBI informant. Now…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
J&F Investimentos S.A. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay Over $256 Million to Resolve Criminal Foreign Bribery Case
J&F Investimentos S.A. (J&F), a Brazil-based investment company that owns and controls companies involved in multiple industries, including the meat and agriculture industry, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary…