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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
in 2018, China convicted over 30,000 of taking bribes, 288,000 IP cases concluded, 28 million law suits filed
Among them were 18 officials at or above ministerial level, including Sun Zhengcai. Another 2,466 people were convicted of offering bribes last year, according to the annual work report of…
My Shingle
Who Cares About Opening Doors When You Can Own the Building?
Like many of my lawyer colleagues with college-aged students, I’ve been tracking the college admissions scandal with interest, particularly the involvement of Gordon Caplan , co-chair at Wilkie, Farr &…
FCPA Professor
Issues To Consider From The MTS Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler
This previous post went in-depth into the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Russia-based MTS for bribing alleged Uzbekistan telecom officials. As highlighted in this prior post, the…
China Law Blog
The College Cheating Scandal and Overseas Corruption: Not Worth It
By Dan Harris
I've become obsessed with the college cheating scandal that has so far implicated Hollywood celebrities, a high-end lawyer from a Wall Street Law Firm, and a "slew of CEOs," among…
Simple Justice
Gaming The Game of College Admissions
That Aunt Becky was named in the complaint made it a lock that it would be front page news, but charges against 33 “affluent parents,” not to mention college coaches…
IPethics & INsights
Varsity Blues: What Bar Discipline Lies Ahead For Lawyer In College Admissions Scandal
The co-chair of Willkie Farr, Gordon Caplan, was named today in an unsealed federal indictment. The result of an FBI investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” Caplan, as well as dozens…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Arrests of Yale, U of Texas, Yale, Stanford, USC, UCLA, and Georgetown Staff for Bribery for College Admissions
Defendants include CEOs, actresses, university athletic coaches, and college exam administrators Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of…
Simple Justice
Impeachment And The “Plain Meaning” of Bribery
For as long as I’ve practiced law, non-lawyers have argued that the Constitution ought to mean what it says. To lawyers, this evokes the normal round of head-shaking, since “what…
SEC Actions
Business in Uzbekistan: $1B in Bribes Ends With $2.5B in FCPA Penalties
Last week the DOJ and SEC settled the third installment in a trilogy of cases arising from “an almost $1 billion bribery scheme that reached the highest echelons of the…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Three Former Mozambican Government Officials and Five Business Executives Indicted in Alleged $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme That Victimized U.S. Investors
More Than $200 Million in Alleged Bribes and Kickbacks Paid to Mozambican Government Officials and Investment Bankers BROOKLYN, NY – An indictment was unsealed on March 4, 2019, charging Najib…