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Bribery
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Grand Jury Target
The Hoskins Prosecution Comes To An End
By Sara Kropf
By Dan Portnov On Friday, November 8, 2019, Lawrence Hoskins was convicted of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.[1] The jury verdict, delivered on a Friday afternoon in Connecticut, barely…
PrawfsBlawg
Bribery, Impeachment, and the Common Law
Main Thursday, November 21, 2019Bribery, Impeachment, and the Common LawEarlier this morning I published an online essay with The Atlantic about how the crime of bribery fits into impeachment. The…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
OFAC Sanctions the Gupta Family for Bribery, Corruption and Misappropriation of South African State Assets
By Kevin McCart, Richard Gibbon
In an earlier post, here, we examined the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (“GloMag”), which was formally implemented by an Executive Order that declared “serious human rights abuses and…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Conviction of Foreign Employee Reinforces Broad Geographic Reach of FCPA
This week we are pleased to have a guest post from Edward Heath and Kevin Daly. Attorneys Heath and Daly are members of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly counsel clients on trade compliance, anti-corruption compliance,…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Feds charge Illinois State. Rep. Luis Arroyo with bribery
The political landscapes in Chicago and in the Illinois General Assembly have undergone rapid changes in the past few days. State Rep. Luis Arroyo, from Chicago’s West Side, was arrested…
International Compliance Blog
The Speed of (In)Justice
By Zoe Osborne, Yas Froemel, Ayushi Sharma
Earlier this year, a committee of the UK House of Lords criticized the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for the slow pace of its investigations,…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Oil Executives Plead Guilty for Roles in Bribery Scheme Involving Foreign Officials
The former CEO and chief operations officer (COO) of a Monaco-based intermediary company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe…
FCPA Professor
Six Years After Being Charged In Connection With Conduct That Took Place Approximately 15 Years Ago, Hoskins Finally Goes To Trial
By Mike Koehler
In 2013, the DOJ criminally charged Lawrence Hoskins (a United Kingdom national and former senior vice president for the Asia region for France-based Alstom) with conspiracy to violate the FCPA’s…
Target Letter
Presidential Bribery
What happens when the President of the United States asks for a bribe? I know what you're thinking: what could possibly have inspired this topic? I'm not here to throw partisan…
GovCon & Trade
(Another) Big Bank Pays FCPA Penalty for Hiring Practice
By Thad McBride, Lindsey Fetzer
A payment to a government official can take many forms. The SEC charges bank for books and records violation even absent a bribery charge. Industry-wide enforcement is a continuing tactic…