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Schlagwort-Archive: Compliance programs
FCPA: Distributors under the FCPA
If there was ever a question that distributors were covered under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made it emphatically clear that this class of entities in … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Compliance programs, Deferred Prosecution Agreement, Department of Justice, Distributor, FCPA, Lilly, Nietzer&Häusler, Oracle, SEC, Smith & Nephew, US-Gesellschaftsrecht
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Amnesty for Armstrong? Lessons for the Compliance Practitioner
The Lance Armstrong saga continues to provide many lessons for the compliance practitioner. A recent article on ESPN.com, entitled “Lance calls for amnesty program”, reported that Armstrong has come out in favor of those who openly speak about the doping … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit amnesty programs, Best Practices, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, FCPA, Investigations, Lance Armstrong, New York Times, Nietzer&Häusler, Siemens, US-Gesellschaftsrecht, Wall Street Journal
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FCPA: Boeing and the Conduct of Due Diligence on Sub-Suppliers
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) act has language which makes illegal a direct or indirect act which might be used to obtain or retain business from prohibited parties. This has caused companies to begin to look at their suppliers … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Boeing, Compliance programs, Conduct of Due Diligence, FCPA, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, New York Times, Nietzer&Häusler, Sub-Suppliers, Supply Chain, US-Gesellschaftsrecht
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FCPA: The FCPA Guidance on the Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program
Many commentators are still mining the Department of Justice (DOJ)/Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) publication, A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (the “Guidance”), which was released last November. I continue to find nuggets to provide to … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, faciliation payments, FCPA, internal investigations, Nietzer&Häusler, Opinion Release, SEC, US-Gesellschaftsrecht
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FCPA: Internal Audit Review of Charitable Donations Under the FCPA
When is a rose not a rose? When it is a charitable donation not made for philanthropic purposes and it violates the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). I thought about that concept when reviewing the Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Books and Records, Charitable Donations, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, Enforcement Actions, Internal Audit, Investigations, Nietzer&Häusler, SEC, US-Gesellschaftsrecht
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FCPA: The CCO: Co-Equal to the General Counsel in the Eyes of the DOJ
One of the items that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has increasingly focused on in its enforcement actions is the role of the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and whether this position has adequate staffing and resources to accomplish its mandated … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, FCPA, FCPA Guidance, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Unternehmensrecht
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The FCPA Guidance and Declinations
I have previously written about my belief that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) should go further in releasing information about Declinations to Prosecute Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases self-reported to both it and the Securities and Exchange Commission … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Compliance programs, Declination, Department of Justice, FCPA, FCPA Guidance, Nietzer&Häusler, SEC, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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FCPA: Using History to Create or Rebuild a Compliance Culture
I have wondered how organizations such as Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent or any others that have faced a wide-ranging, global charge of systemic bribery and corruption might change their culture. Many others have written about the structural changes that such companies have … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Alcatel-Lucent, Best Practices, Bribery Act, Compliance programs, Culture, Ethical Leadership, FCPA, Harvard Business Review, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Gesellschaftsrecht, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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The High Costs of Non-Compliance!
Ed Note-we continue our series of guest posts by Mary Jones. Today, Mary explores the high cost of non-compliance. On November 13, 1923 a special committee was formed to determine whether Germany would be required to pay for the substantial … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Bribery Act, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, Ethical Leadership, Ethics, FCPA, Nietzer&Häusler, US Recht, Wal-Mart, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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The Red Scare: Knowledge and the Importance of Due Diligence
Ed. Note-we continue our series of guest posts from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones, who today looks at the importance of due diligence. At midnight on November 9, 1989, East Germany’s rulers gave permission for the Berlin Wall, separating East … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Agents, Anti-bribery law, Best Practices, compliance champion, Compliance programs, D&O Diary, Department of Justice, due diligence, Export Control, Facebook, FCPA, Greg Smith, Mary Jones, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Gesellschaftsrecht, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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