Schlagwort-Archive: FCPA
Koninklijke Philips Electronics
SEC charged the Netherlands-based health care company with FCPA violations related to improper payments made by employees at its Polish subsidiary to health care officials in Poland. Philips agreed to pay more than $4.5 million to settle the charges. (4/5/13) … Weiterlesen
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. Parker Drilling Company
Civil Action No. 1:13CV461 (E.D. Va., April 16, 2013) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Parker Drilling Company, a worldwide drilling services and project management firm, with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by authorizing improper payments to … Weiterlesen
SEC Charges Total S.A. for Illegal Payments to Iranian Official
Washington, D.C., May 29, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged France-based oil and gas company Total S.A. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying $60 million in bribes to intermediaries of an Iranian government … Weiterlesen
Don’t Claim it is Legal to Bribe Another Government’s Representatives – Especially in China
Last week a guest blog post in the FCPA Blog by Ernesto Sanchez, entitled “What’s good for reciprocity may be bad for FCPA prosecutions”, implied that the US District Court’s ruling when it “vacated an SEC Dodd-Frank rule mandating that … Weiterlesen
FCPA: What is Your Compliance Strategy?
Do you have a strategy? The Houston Astros claim to have a strategy that involves being the worst team in baseball for up to the next five years and then magically they will become a winner. I suppose that having … Weiterlesen
Siemens Sued by Tipster Claiming Retaliation Over FCPA Allegations He Raised
Legal Reform News Daily / Wall Street Journal WSJ.com Corruption Currents A Taiwanese man filed a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday against Siemens, arguing he was fired for raising corruption concerns to senior executives while working … Weiterlesen
FCPA: From the Compact Model to the Luxury Model – Managing Your Third Party Risk
I am currently attending the Hanson Wade Oil and Gas Supply Chain Compliance conference in Houston. The event is excellent and the presentations have been ‘spot on’ for the nuts and bolts of how to do compliance. As the conference … Weiterlesen
ILR: Corporate FCPA Penalties Continued to Fall in 2012
Main Justice: The final numbers are in: The Justice Department secured $142.2 million in criminal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fines and penalties in 2012 Read more: Corporate FCPA Penalties Continued to Fall in 2012
FCPA: Money, Money, Money
I tried. I really tried. I tried not to rant about the Houston Astros during Spring Training, because as they say ‘hope springs eternal’ as all teams are tied at this point in the season (0-0). So when the Astros … Weiterlesen
FCPA: Distributors Should Be Analyzed As Any Other Third Party Representative in the Sales Chain
Ed. Note-David Simon is a partner at Foley and Lardner and Bill Athanas is a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP. Both have practices which include FCPA compliance. After my recent post on distributors under the FCPA, David and … Weiterlesen
