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"Culture and Compliance - From the Trenches"

 

4/29/15: “Corporate culture” is one of those terms that triggers rolling eyes, deep sighs and attempts to hold in impolite groans. Still, every now and then the culture conversation comes from stick in the day-to-day trenches of engaging employees and promoting both ethical behavior and regulatory compliance. A post...

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"Who Gets All the Recovered Money?"

4/29/15: The US Department of Justice recently announced that its Asset Forfeiture Program has returned more than $4 billion in civilly and criminally forfeited funds to crime victims since fiscal year 2002. Some $723 million has been paid to over 150,000 crime victims in the last three years alone. Now, $4 billion is...

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"Where are Investigations Underway?"

 

4/14/15: Once again, the FCPA Blog provides two unvarnished snapshots about the state of anti-corruption investigations around the world. On April 8, Richard Cassin listed the names of countries disclosed in 108 pending investigations, giving a sharp-edged look at where the most investigative action is...

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"DOJ's Ongoing Investigation into Anticompetitive Conduct"

 

4/14/15: There may be rumblings that the US Department of Justice has eased up on FCPA enforcement, but the Department has made sure there’s no doubt about its enforcement of anticompetitive laws. The last big hit came against Bosch, the 34th company to have pleaded guilty or agreed to plead...

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"Failure to Prevent"

 

4/14/15: An article on Out-Law.com provides companies with an important heads up about a new criminal offence in the UK for companies that “… fail to prevent employees or agents committing economic crime …” The article quotes Laura Dunseath of law firm Pinsent Masons (which hosts Out-Law.com) , who says...

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