Gathering Latin America's Government, Association and Business Leadership

The biennial Latin American Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Congress draws on a powerful legacy of collaboration between pharmaceutical and medical device companies, industry chambers and associations, key policymakers and regulators, assembling 200+ decision-makers to address challenges and opportunities in compliance faced by multinationals in the region.

Bribery & Deterrence: A Tale of Two Sentences

Expert Guest Entry by Richard Bistrong , Originally Published on http://www.richardbistrong.com/  In an August 11, 2014  article (www.thebirberyact.com) “Supersize me: Innospec 4 sentencing remarks do much more than they say on the tin,” Barry Vitou &
 Richard Kovalevsky (“The Authors”) do a great service by elevating the remarks of Judge Andrew Goymer at the August 4, 2014 sentencing hearing of the four Innospec…

Corruption, Regime Change & Risk

Expert Guest Entry by Richard Bistrong, Originally Published on http://www.richardbistrong.com   Recently, I have been reading and blogging on a number of different papers, guides and articles that deal with the challenges of foreign bribery and third party intermediaries. While each work has been interesting, compelling and relevant, there are some common elements that warrant further…

A Rose by any Other Name: DOJ’s FCPA Unit Brings Fraud and Money Laundering Charges Against Bechtel Executive

Expert Guest Entry by Kathleen Hamann and David Courchaine, Originally published on WhiteCase.com/Alert  The variety of charges recently brought by the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit against former Bechtel executive Asem Elgawhary  signals that the DOJ is not only pursuing improper payments to foreign officials, but also company executives who solicit…

Weekly industry news – Anti-corruption/FCPA, International Trade

Anti-corruption/FCPA, International Trade – The latest on Embraer and Weatherford FCPA cases, the SEC and the New Anti-Corruption Law in Brazil.   Embraer Faces FCPA Probe in Dominican Republic, By Jaclyn Jaeger, Posted on Compliance Week Aircraft giant Embraer SA is under investigation by U.S. and Brazilian authorities amid allegations that it made improper payments to…