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Bribery
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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Stock Promoters with Market Manipulation
The SEC announced that it filed a civil injunctive action against Joseph Catapano ("Catapano") and Michael Piervinanzi ("Piervinanzi"), alleging that they engaged in a fraudulent broker bribery scheme designed to manipulate…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Bribery and Corruption – Is There a Future for Self Reporting and Plea Bargaining?
In July 2009, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued a document entitled "Approach of the Serious Fraud Office Dealing with Overseas Corruption," which encourages companies to approach the SFO to…
Subject to Inquiry
Bribery of public officials: Judicial review and misfeasance in public office
You're unsuccessful in a tendering process run by a UK government authority. Later you learn that the rival organisation that was awarded the contract paid a sizeable bribe to the…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Anticorruption Enforcement in Brazil Takes a Step Forward, But It Needs to Take More
Bribery has been considered a criminal offense in Brazil since 1940. Since then, several other corruption-related practices also have been criminalized. Over the years, countless individuals in the public and…
Subject to Inquiry
New Episode in the aftermath of the Halliburton Nigeria Bribery Scandal
By Government Investigations Group
Jeffrey Tesler, a British solicitor, pleaded guilty in Texas on the count of conspiracy and of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practice Act ('FCPA'), which criminalises the bribery of foreign…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
IBM and the SEC Settle Up
IBM resolved an enforcement action brought by the SEC, which alleged the company violated the FCPA’s books and records and internal controls provisions. SEC alleged IBM subsidiaries and an IBM…
Subject to Inquiry
Newsflash: UK listed companies with no presence in the UK may escape the Bribery Act
By Government Investigations Group
The Guardian newspaper reported on 15th March that the Bribery Act guidance being drafted by government lawyers should exclude foreign companies
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
UK Bribery Act – timing is still unclear
By Rosanne Kay
This post was also written by Neil Donovan. The UK Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) official with responsibility for managing the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 (“Act”) provided an update…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Thinking about China’s Amended Criminal Law: More Questions than Answers
On February 25, 2011, China adopted Amendment No. 8 of the PRC Criminal Law, which criminalizes bribery of foreign government officials and of international public organizations in order to secure…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
When Ambiguity Can Mean Criminal Indictment: the FCPA and the Case of Establishing the Elements
By Reed Smith
This post was written by Anne E. Borkovic. As everyone can cite, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) in part prohibits offering or providing anything of value to a foreign…