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Corruption
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Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Rolls-Royce Set to Avoid Prosecution After Bribery Settlement
By David Saltzman, Squire Patton Boggs
Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £671 million in penalties in response to several long-running bribery and corruption investigations. Regulators in the UK, the United States and Brazil investigated claims that…
The Right Coast
How Venezuela s corrupt socialists are looting the country to death | New York Post
Venezuela is no longer a country with a government, institutions and a civil society. It s a geographic area terrorized by a criminal enterprise that pretends to govern, with a…
Ship Law Log
A Tale Of Dirty Deals, Demurrage And Discontent: Enforcement Of Arbitral Award Refused
By Andrew Tetley, Aurelie Lopez
In a recent decision, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to enforce an LMAA arbitral award on the basis that the underlying contract was affected by illegality on account of…
The D&O Diary
Bribery-Related Follow-On Securities Suit Filed Against U.K.-Based Rio Tinto
In yet another securities suit following on news of a bribery or corruption investigation, and in the latest securities suit involving a global mining company, on December 12, 2016, a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
You be the federal sentencing judge: how long a prison term for convicted Philly US Representative? UPDATE: He got 10 years!
Main December 11, 2016You be the federal sentencing judge: how long a prison term for convicted Philly US Representative? UPDATE: He got 10 years!I find high-profile, white-collar sentencing cases to…
International Law Prof Blog
South Korea’s President Impeached Following Corruption Scandal
The National Assembly of South Korea voted 234 to 56 to impeach President Park Geun-hye, the nation’s first female president, following a damaging corruption scandal with allegations of influence-peddling. President…
The Right Coast
DC Attorney: FBI Agents Working To Expose Top DOJ Officials | The Daily Caller
Agents within the Federal Bureau of Investigation want to take down the personnel at the top of the Justice Department, according to a former D.C. based U.S. Justice attorney.via dailycaller.comSounds…
The Right Coast
The arrogant greed that drives Clinton Inc. | New York Post
Clinton Inc. is the wrong term. House Clinton like House Lannister in Game of Thrones is closer to the mark.The Clintons always wanted to get back into power, and for…
The Right Coast
Hillary Clinton’s Corruption: FBI Investigation Likely Won’t Keep Her from Presidency | National Review
For the moment, the fortunes of the republic are being held hostage by the competing psychoses of two of the worst people of our times, along with the various financial…
International Law Prof Blog
Prime Minister of Montenegro Steps Down
Milo Djukanovic, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, stepped down from office this week in a move that will improve Montenegro "s chances of entering the European Union. He had led…