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Federal Securities Law Source
SEC Charges Pfizer and Wyeth with FCPA Violations
By Bob Tannous
On August 7, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") charged Pfizer Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"). The SEC Complaint alleges that employees and agents of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Pfizer Settles FCPA Charges with SEC and DOJ
The SEC and Pfizer Inc. have agreed to settle charges that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its subsidiaries bribed doctors and other health care professionals employed by foreign…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison”
Main August 3, 2012"Former Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to 78 months in prison"The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting on a former Alabama Governor's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
High-profile Cleveland corruption case culminates with 28-year prison term for Jimmy Dimora
Main July 31, 2012High-profile Cleveland corruption case culminates with 28-year prison term for Jimmy DimoraAs reported in this local article, headlined "Jimmy Dimora sentenced to 28 years in prison, defense…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
The Importance of Bribery and Corruption Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions
To protect themselves from breaking the UK Bribery Act and Proceeds of Crime legislation, those involved with corporate transactions (including mergers, acquisitions or investments) need to ensure that transactions do…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Oxford University’s publishing arm to pay nearly £1.9 million for corrupt East African operations
David Green QC, the newly-installed director of the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), has taken action in the High Court against Oxford Publishing Limited (“OPL”), which ordered it to pay £1,895,435,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
New Scholarship – Global Bribery: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
By Ellen Podgor
By - Lucian Dervan & Markus Rubenstahl - available here Abstract: Written for a European publication focusing on internal investigations, this piece seeks to introduce the reader to the fundamental…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Nordam Group Settles China FCPA Violations
On July 17, 2012, Nordam Group, Inc. (“Nordam”) an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”) service provider based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, entered into a three-year non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Orthofix International Resolves FCPA Investigation
Orthofix International N.V. (“Orthofix”) entered into a consent to final judgment with the SEC and a deferred prosecution agreement with the DOJ to resolve FCPA violations by its Mexican subsidiary.…
China Law Blog
Bribery in China as Wasted Money
By Dan Harris
I love when someone else writes "our" blog posts for us and that is certainly the case today. I received the following email asking me to write a post on…