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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Arkansas State Senator and a College President Charged with Bribery and Fraud Scheme
A former Arkansas state senator, a college president and a consultant were charged in an indictment filed for perpetrating a bribery and fraud scheme involving tens of thousands of dollars…
Legal Profession Blog
Convicted Attorney Gets Credit For Time Served
Dan Trevas summarizes a bar discipline case decided today by the Ohio Supreme CourtThe Ohio Supreme Court today indefinitely suspended a Strongsville attorney convicted of felonies for his role in…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
U.S. Navy Commander Charged as Part of Expanding Navy Bribery Scandal
A current U.S. Navy Commander was charged in a complaint unsealed today with accepting luxury travel, elaborate dinners and services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis in exchange…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Rolls-Royce plc Agrees to Pay $170 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case
Company Agrees to $800 Million Global Resolution with authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil Rolls-Royce plc, the United Kingdom-based manufacturer and distributor of power systems for…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Las Vegas Sands Corporation Agrees to Pay Nearly $7 Million Penalty to Resolve FCPA Charges Related to China and Macao
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (Sands), a Nevada-based gaming and resort company, agreed to pay a $6.96 million criminal penalty to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Details of the Rolls-Royce DPA emerge
Last week, we published the details of the expected Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) that was yet to be approved by the UK’s High Court on 17 January 2017. The Serious…
Latham.London
Corporate Criminal Liability: the UK is Now Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk
By Daniel Smith, Clare Nida and Yasmina Borhani The UK’s growing focus on corporate criminal liability was seen in two recent pieces of news. Last Friday the government announced a…
Hackensack New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Two Bergen County Men Allegedly Committed Fraud, Bribery in South Korean Real Estate Deal
Four suspects, including two men from Bergen County NJ, were indicted on fraud charges in NY. The indictments were issued by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Rolls-Royce Set to Avoid Prosecution After Bribery Settlement
By David Saltzman, Squire Patton Boggs
Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £671 million in penalties in response to several long-running bribery and corruption investigations. Regulators in the UK, the United States and Brazil investigated claims that…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Four Individuals Charged for Alleged Involvement in Foreign Bribery Scheme Involving $800 Million International Real Estate Deal
Court documents were unsealed today charging four individuals for their roles in a scheme to pay $2.5 million in bribes to facilitate the $800 million sale of a commercial building…