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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Dutch Telecom VimpelCom Admits Global Foreign Bribery; United States Seeks $850 Million Forfeiture in Corrupt Proceeds of Bribery Scheme
Companies Agree to Pay $230 Million U.S. Criminal Fine in Connection with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Resolution; Largest Case Ever Brought under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative Amsterdam-based VimpelCom Limited,…
The D&O Diary
Omissions Regarding Bribery Investigation Held Actionable
Regular readers of this blog know that the filing of a shareholder lawsuit following the disclosure of a bribery investigation is a well-established phenomenon (as discussed, for example, here). Readers…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Did Petrobras Prosecutor Find Some of the Missing Billions Taken by Brazil’s Politicians?
MercoPress reports "Some 50 politicians, including the leaders of both houses of Brazil's Congress, have been implicated in the wide-ranging judicial proceedings." MercoPress details the account of the Brazilian Prosecutor…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Sweeping Changes on the Horizon for French Bribery and Anti-Corruption Law
By Daniel Kadar, Caroline Gouraud
After being called upon by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to strengthen its anti-corruption efforts, France recently examined draft legislation which would do exactly that. While discussions before the…
Legal Profession Blog
The Word Is Disbarment But Maybe Not Forever
A Louisiana Hearing Committee recommended disbarment with the possibility of reinstatement of an attorney convicted of receiving bribes as a Monroe City Councilman.He has been suspended since 2011.The committee was…
Legal Profession Blog
Pay To Play Scheme Gets Lawyer Convicted, Suspended
ABA 6 reports (via the web page of the Ohio Supreme Court)An immigration attorney who reportedly made illicit cash payments to the former Ohio treasurer, has been suspended from practicing…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Libor rigging defense: I conned the mastermind for bribes and never did any rigging
Bloomberg Business reports that "Broker Conned Nerdy Hayes Without Rigging Libor, Lawyer Says. For 10 months in 2009, Noel Cryan took tens of thousands of pounds in payments from Tom Hayes…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
First Company Convicted of Bribing Foreign Officials Ordered to pay £2.2 million
Smith and Ouzman Ltd and two of its directors, were convicted by a Jury under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 (POCA) in December 2014, although the company was finally…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Executive Sentenced for Conspiracy to Bribe Panamanian Officials
A former regional director of the technology company SAP International Inc. was sentenced to prison today for his role in a scheme to bribe Panamanian officials to secure the award…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Koehler on the FCPA
Mike Koehler has posted The Uncomfortable Truths and Double Standards of Bribery Enforcement on SSRN with the following abstract:In recent years, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement has become a top…