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Corruption
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Telecommunications Company Settles FCPA Charges Relating to Asian Business
The SEC charged Alameda, Calif.-based telecommunications company UTStarcom, Inc. with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for authorizing millions of dollars in unlawful payments to foreign government officials in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS seems prepared (and perhaps eager) to knock down “honest services” fraud
Main December 8, 2009SCOTUS seems prepared (and perhaps eager) to knock down "honest services" fraudThis report from the Los Angeles Times on today's SCOTUS oral arguments concerning "honest services" fraud…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Bruno Convicted on Two Counts – Not Guilty on Five Counts
By Ellen Podgor
Nicholas Confessore, NYTimes, Bruno, Former Albany Leader, Convicted of Corruption; Irene Jay Liu, TimesUnion.com, Bruno convicted on 2 counts, not guilty on five. But the interesting question is what will happen…
Securities Law Prof Blog
NY AG Announces Another Guilty Plea in Pay-to-Play Kickback Scheme
New York Attorney General Cuomo today announced a felony guilty plea by Elliott Broidy, a founder and Chairman of Markstone Capital Group LLC, for his involvement in a pay-to-play kickback scheme…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Dan Levine, The Recorder, law.com, Guilty Verdict for McKesson Chairman, but GC AcquittedBen Hallman, AmLaw Litigation, law.com,After Three-Year Deferred Prosecution, DOJ Dismisses Charges Against First Foreign FCPA Target ; FCPA…
Asset Search Blog
Target Of Corruption Probe Sues Hip-Hoppers For Supposed Fraud
By Fred Abrams
A complaint verified by Former Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands, claims hip- hop pioneers David Mays and Raymond Scott breached the Z & M Media LLC…
China Law Blog
China’s Corruption Ranking is Middle of the Pack
By Dan Harris
Transparency International just came out with its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index. I love these things and I think this one, in particular, tends to be quite accurate. Now I am…
International Law Prof Blog
Albania moves one step closer to EU membership
The European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers voted yesterday in favor of Albania's request for official candidate status, following a similar vote by the 27 EU ambassadors at a meeting in Brussels last…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa
Ian Urbina of the N.Y. Times has an expose about a corrupt foreign minister who the U.S. government regularly allows to enter the country to stay in luxury at his Malibu…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A final take on a record-setting federal corruption sentence
Main November 16, 2009A final take on a record-setting federal corruption sentenceThis Roll Call article, whic is headlined "Jefferson’s Sentence Is a Record-Setter," provides some post-game commentary on this past…