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...
3/18/15: Governments, international organizations, and companies know that corruption is an international problem, not one that stops at a country’s borders or a company’s front door. One of the questions that pop up is how to pursue corrupt players and how to prosecute them. A February 26th post by...
3/18/15: It is rare for a corporate officer, director or trustee to receive a whistleblower award, but that’s exactly what happened recently when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paid between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer for reporting fraudulent activities inside his company. The former officer...
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