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Bribery
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FCPA Professor
Judge Grants Zaglin Request For A Federal Prisoner To Appear As A Witness During Hearing On A New Trial
By Mike Koehler
An interesting sequence of events. As highlighted in this prior post, in September 2025 a jury found Carl Zaglin guilty of FCPA and related offenses for his role in bribery…
FCPA Professor
Ferrera Pleads Not Guilty
By Mike Koehler
Earlier this month, the DOJ criminally charged David Ferrera and Marc Tilman (individuals associated with Balt) with FCPA and related offenses in connection with an alleged bribery scheme involving an…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Charges Individual In Connection With Alleged PEMEX Bribery Scheme
By Mike Koehler
Earlier this week in the S.D. of Texas, this DOJ filed a criminal information against Alfonso Wilson alleging that he and others obtained and retained a December 2021 Contract with…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Bribery scandals don’t start with bad employees; they start with bad culture
When a bribery scandal hits a company, the corporate response is almost always the same: These were bad employees acting on their own. Maybe. But usually not. Consider the current…
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“The FCPA Reinforcement Act” Introduced In Senate
By Mike Koehler
Despite the brief 118 day “pause” of FCPA enforcement in 2025 (during which various aspects of FCPA and related enforcement continued), corporate FCPA enforcement by the DOJ in 2025 was…
FCPA Professor
Notable Criminal FCPA Enforcement Action Filed
By Mike Koehler
It is one of the more dubious FCPA enforcement theories there is. It has never been subjected to judicial scrutiny. It is a relatively new enforcement theory when one considers that the Foreign…
FCPA Professor
FCPA Ripple
By Mike Koehler
The article “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Ripples” documents numerous “ripple effects” of FCPA scrutiny and enforcement beyond a DOJ/SEC enforcement action including so-called “offensive use” of the FCPA by a…
FCPA Professor
Checking In On The Roviorsa Matter
By Mike Koehler
In December 2025, Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez was found guilty after a bizarre trial of various charges in connection with an alleged Mexican bribery scheme. (See here for the prior…
FCPA Professor
The Flawed Jury Instruction In The Hobson Matter
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted here, last week Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various…
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Judge Allows Oztemel To Remain Free On Bond Pending Appeal – “The Case Presents Several Novel Issues Of Law Which, Frankly, Should Be Addressed By The Circuit”
By Mike Koehler
In September 2024, Glenn Oztemel (previously employed by Arcadia Fuels Ltd. and Freepoint Commodities LLC) was found guilty at trial of FCPA and related offenses in connection with a Brazil…