In less than a week, senior decision-makers from industry, finance and law will join high-level alumni from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to discuss the latest cases, trends, announcement and FCPA enforcement priorities of 2015. Here are 5 reasons you can’t miss what is considered to be the premier FCPA boot-camp event in the region:
By: Craig Margolis, John Elwood, Christine Roushdy, Kathleen Neace, and Christina Ferma, Published on Vinson & Elkins LLP on December 8, 2015 The week after Thanksgiving was not without excitement — at least for False Claims Act watchers — as it marked the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) long-awaited release of annual FCA statistics, which was…
Ms. Hui Chen, new Compliance Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined the Keynote Speaker Faculty for ACI’s 32nd International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, scheduled for November 16-19, 2015 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center.
The American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce that Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts will participate in an Enforcers’ Spotlight: Understanding Government’s Enforcement Priorities vis-à-vis Drug and Device Products Liability Matters at ACI’s Drug and Med Conference on December 2-4, 2015 at the Millennium Times Square in New…
Guest entry by Matteson Ellis More than any other FCPA enforcement office in the United States, Miami’s DOJ and SEC teams have developed a specialization in Latin America. They work cases like Alcatel, Stryker, Ralph Lauren, and Direct Access Partners, each with an important Latin American component. They benefit from language capabilities in Spanish, Portuguese, and…
By Zack Harmon and Amelia R. Medina, King & Spalding LLP I.Introduction In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) have embraced the use of so-called “industry sweeps” as an enforcement tool against suspected violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Expert Guest Entry by Kathleen M. Hamann So the investigation is finally over, and settlement negotiations are nearing their end. The whole company can breathe a sigh of relief that the constant interviews, document requests, and never-ending upheaval in your offices and stress on your employees is over, right? Wrong. The company has been hit with…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating banks, private equity firms and hedge funds that may have violated anti-bribery laws in their dealings with Libya’s government-run investment fund, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The latest on Siemens Whistleblower challenge, DoJ investigation of the National Geographic Society and more. Siemens Prevails In Whistleblower Challenge – Demonstrates Of The Importance Of Internal Reporting By John Lovallo on jsupra.com This week, Siemens won a rare courtroom victory when a federal judge ruled that a former employee could not sue the company for wrongful termination under Dodd-Frank’s…