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Bribery
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
District Court Grants Leave to Add New Geographic Market to Antitrust Complaint
Plaintiffs, Newmarket Corporation, and defendants, Innospec, Inc., both produce and sell competing chemical fuel additives designed to enhance the performance of gasoline. Plaintiffs claimed that defendants bribed Iraqi and Indonesian…
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UK: Ministry of Justice Orders Delay to Bribery Act
On Monday 31 January, the Ministry of Justice confirmed reports that the implementation of the Bribery Act (the Act), due to take place in April, would be delayed. The delay…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
UK Bribery Act Countdown…Delayed…Again?!?
And news has finally arrived: Richard Alderman of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed today that the implementation of the Bribery Act will be delayed for a second time. The…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
UK Bribery Act Countdown Continues
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) is on bended knees, urging the UK government to delay the implementation of the UK Bribery Act to July 2011 (instead of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC & Former Innospec CEO Settle FCPA Charges
The SEC settled charges that Paul W. Jennings, a former chief executive officer at Innospec, Inc., violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by approving bribes to government officials to obtain and…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
A Few Bad Apples: Corruption In the EBRD
Four Russian officials appointed by the Russian Economic Development Industry to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being investigated by the City of London and Russian police…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
What is Bribery in a Post-Skilling World?
By Ellen Podgor
The Paul Minor case (see here) may flesh out some of the questions left unresolved by the Court ruling inSkilling. Across the country we are seeing cases being reexamined to determine…
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UK: Government Orders Review of the Bribery Act
Following complaints by some of Britain's leading businessmen, a review of the new Bribery Act has been ordered by the Prime Minister's office, just weeks before it is due to…
Legal Profession Blog
The Fixer
A Louisiana hearing committe has recommended permanent disbarment of an attorney who had "pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for fixing criminal matters filed and pending in Baton Rouge…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Alcatel Settles FCPA Charges for $137 Million
The SEC and Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. (Alcatel) settled charges that Alcatel violated the anti-bribery, books and records, and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying bribes to…