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News about violations of the foreign corrupt practices act, whether the government is easing up or cracking down on these violations, what companies (and from what countries) are being cited most.
By Mayling Blanco, Katey Fardelmann and Lucy Hoffman | April 9, 2024
This article discusses the recently enacted Foreign Extortion Prevention Act, which—unlike the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act—focuses on the demand-side of bribe payments. But will FEPA also create more potential exposure for U.S. entities? What should U.S. companies do today to prepare?
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By Maria Dinzeo | March 1, 2024
"It's nebulous, and the more nebulous it gets, the more harm it's doing because it's not popular. And if you make it mean everything, then it means nothing," said Omeed Malik, president of the investment firm 1789 Partners.
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By Amanda O'Brien | February 27, 2024
Partners Bradley Henry and Kathleen Shannon lead the team, which is divided between New York and Washington.
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By John C. Richter, Brandt Leibe and Lauren O. Konczos | February 5, 2024
FEPA will amend the domestic bribery statute (18 U.S.C. § 201) to make it a criminal offense for foreign government officials to solicit or receive bribes from any person in the United States, any issuer, or any domestic concern.
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By Maria Dinzeo | February 1, 2024
Jones Day partner James Loonam, lead defense attorney in the government's corruption case against former Cognizant executives, says the prosecution's star witness is pointing the finger" at ex-legal chief Steven Schwartz and his co-defendant, former president Gordon Coburn, to cover up his own misconduct.
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By Maria Dinzeo | October 6, 2023
But logistical challenges will prevent the trial from being put back on the schedule before February.
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By Maria Dinzeo | October 2, 2023
A former colleague who lives in India—whom the government considers its most important witness—is unable to leave the country because he surrendered his passport to authorities there investigating him.
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By Dan Roe | April 12, 2023
A Q&A with Dan Nardello, CEO of a global investigations firm Nardello & Co., on the business and ethics of working for law firms on highly contentious matters.
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By Jane Wester | March 28, 2023
The government said that Bankman-Fried allegedly directed the bribe payment after Chinese law enforcement officials froze crypto trading accounts associated with his crypto hedge fund, Alameda, in early 2021.
3 minute read
By Jane Wester | March 9, 2023
Chief U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York pronounced the sentence, which was lower than the 15 years requested by prosecutors.
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