Weekly Industry News – Anti-Corruption/ FCPA & International Trade

Anti-Corruption / FCPA & International Trade – the latest on Weatherford FCPA charges, Ted Baillieu tape scandal and more.

Levine on Wall Street: Bribes Subtle and Obvious by Matt Levine Published on Bloomberg

Apparently Morgan Stanley got “a letter from the SEC asking for information about its China hiring practices” as part of the same Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe that snared JPMorgan and presumably caused some discomfort among the many, many, many investment bank employees around the world whose relatives are prominent government officials or client executives… [ Read More ]

Weatherford Gets Two Prosecutions Deferred, Units Plead Guilty to FCPA Charges by Editor Published on Corporate Crime Reporter

Three subsidiaries of Weatherford International Limited, a Swiss oil services company, will plead guilty to anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and export controls violations under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA)… [ Read More ]

Oilfield Company to pay $253M to settle bride case by Associated Press Published on WashingtonPost

 The oilfield services company Weatherford International has agreed to pay more than $250 million to settle federal charges that it bribed officials in the Middle East and Africa to win business… [ Read More ]

Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission has attacked Ted Baillieu over the secret tapes scandal by MICHELLE AINSWORTH Published on Herald Sun

A special report on the operations of the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) tabled in Parliament today found an investigation of the information published in the Herald Sun “was not warranted”… [ Read More ]

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