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...
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...
4/14/15: In 2014, the World Bank invested some $65 billion in international projects. That’s serious money but it carries with it noteworthy conditions and risks for contractors on World Bank-funded projects. According to an article by Wendy Wysong, Michelle Mizutani, and Montse Ferrer in Corporate Compliance...
3/31/15: $3.3 billion dollars was returned to the US Treasury in 2014 from criminal and civil investigations by the US Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services of medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, chiropractors, hospice facilities and others, according to...
3/31/15: As the Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) corruption scandal unfolds, it has drawn howls of outrage from many different quarters, particularly in the streets where hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have condemned what they see as widespread corruption, particularly related to the administration of...
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