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Corruption
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“What are Federal Corruption Prosecutions for?”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Lauren Ouziel. Here is its abstract:What explains the Supreme Court’s repeated rejection…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Seeks Forfeiture Of N.Y. Apartments Associated With Former Mongolian Prime Minister
By Mike Koehler
Time will tell of course, but query whether the recently enacted Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) (a law which seeks to capture conduct by corrupt foreign officials) was even needed. As has…
Dispute Resolution Blog
Interplay between Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (“FEPA”) & Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“PC Act”)
By Sara Sundaram, Kritika Angirish
US President Joe Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act in December 2023 (“FEPA”), a federal criminal offense creating criminal liability on foreign officials who demand or accept bribes thus acting…
Global Policy Watch
Gratuity or Gift? The Supreme Court May Soon Delineate the Difference
Federal circuit courts are split on a core question of corruption law: whether state and local officials, and agents of organizations that contract with or receive benefits from the federal…
Red Notice Law Journal
Switzerland: INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVI- INTERPOL’s Focus on Fraud (Part 3 of 3)
The last post in this series explored the pattern of erectile dysfunction drugs being the most seized substance by INTERPOL along with the risks of corruption within the operation. Today's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Presidential Proclamation: Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Enabling Corruption
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Enabling Corruption 10685BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONOn June 3, 2021, through National Security Study Memorandum 1…
The Right Coast
Anatomy of a Biden family ‘cover-up’ executed by our own FBI and DOJ
Closed-door testimony by former Pittsburgh US Attorney Scott Brady to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week is a chilling case study of how credible corruption allegations against President Biden and…
Aliant Blog
Corruption in Singapore III – Evolving Sentencing Approach to Private-Sector Corruption Offences
By Adrian Wee
Corruption in Singapore Part III – Evolving Sentencing Approach to Private-Sector Corruption Offences In this final part of the Corruption in Singapore serries, I will explain Singapore’s stringent stand…
FCPA Professor
Representative Brecheen’s Absurd “Corrupt Foreign Practices Act” Commentary
By Mike Koehler
One reason there is often little trust left in America regarding certain institutions or government is because little trust is warranted. It seems as if politicians (of various parties) will…
The Right Coast
Hunter Biden Email About $5M Burisma Pay Corroborates FD-1023
An email apparently sent by Hunter Biden to longtime business associate Devon Archer discusses a $5 million payment from Ukrainian energy company Burisma appearing to corroborate the FBI FD-1023 form…