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Corruption
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Global Regulation Tomorrow
DOJ opinion on FCPA breach – would this happen in Canada?
In January, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an opinion to a US company on whether paying a third party for release of its employees would breach the Foreign…
FCPA Professor
Who Really Cares?
By Mike Koehler
Early in my professional career, a mentor told me that some of the most intense professional disagreements involve matters in which so little is actually at stake. I was reminded…
Government and Public Policy
Grasping for Democracy
Marcos Jr., pictured on May 7/ © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images In 1986, the Marcos family left the Philippines, allegedly hauling crates of cash, jewelry, high end valuables estimated at over…
Business and Commercial
L’eau ne coule pas sous les ponts : 11 ans après les faits, le Conseil des sanctions de la Banque mondiale radie un directeur général pour corruption (décision n° 136)
Le 22 février 2022, le Conseil des sanctions du Groupe de la Banque mondiale (« GBM ») a rendu sa décision n° 136 en imposant une radiation de deux ans à un directeur général pour…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
L’eau ne coule pas sous les ponts : 11 ans après les faits, le Conseil des sanctions de la Banque mondiale radie un directeur général pour corruption (décision n° 136)
Le 22 février 2022, le Conseil des sanctions du Groupe de la Banque mondiale (« GBM ») a rendu sa décision n° 136 en imposant une radiation de deux ans à un directeur général pour…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
The past is not the past: World Bank Sanctions Board debars MD for corruption 11 years later (Decision No. 136)
On February 22, 2022, the World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions Board issued its decision no. 136, imposing a two-year debarment on a managing director for corrupt and fraudulent practices. The…
FCPA Professor
Victims … But No Victims
By Mike Koehler
“Bribery is not a victimless crime.” It is a narrative in DOJ FCPA talking points (see here for instance). If bribery is not a victimless crime, then why do FCPA fines and…
FCPA Professor
Does This Corruption Ranking Metric Really Tell You Anything You Don’t Already Know?
By Mike Koehler
Recently, the European Centre for Anti-Corruption and State Building and the Center for International Private Enterprise released a “new free corruption analysis tool” called the Corruption Risk Forecast (CRF) which…
FCPA Professor
Ng Found Guilty Of FCPA And Related Offenses
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted here, in November 2018 the DOJ announced criminal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (and related charges) against individuals associated with Goldman Sachs – including Roger Ng (a former managing director…
FCPA Professor
Ng Trial Paused As DOJ Acknowledges Its Own “Inexcusable” Discovery Error
By Mike Koehler
As discussed in this prior post, judicial findings of prosecutorial misconduct or other mishaps have been an all too frequent feature in contested individual Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions.…