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Schlagwort-Archive: FCPA
FCPA: The HSBC AML Settlement – Lessons Learned for the AML Compliance Practitioner
I recently wrote about banks behaving badly. Currently, Exhibit A in that list is HSBC. In December, 2012, the UK banking giant HSBC agreed to pay a fine of $1.92 billion for its transgressions involving money laundering. Today I want … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit AML, Anti-Money Laundering, Background Checks, Compliance Programms, Deferred Prosecution Agreement, due diligence, FCPA, HSBC, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Gesellschaftsrecht
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FCPA: Top Ten Enforcement Actions for 2012
As we welcome in 2013, it is appropriate to reflect back on some of the things which have occurred over 2012 and in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement world, it was quite a significant year. The Department of … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Department of Justice, Enforcement Actions, FCPA, Nietzer&Häusler, SEC, US Recht, 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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FCPA: Days of Future Passed: The Moody Blues and the End of Facilitation Payments?
This past weekend I caught the Moody Blues’ tour celebrating the 45th anniversary of their seminal classic album, “Days of Future Passed”. This was the second album released by the band and while I had always thought of it as … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Corruptly, Deutsch Amerikanischer Anwalt, faciliation payments, FCPA, FCPA Blog, FCPA Professor, Nietzer&Häusler, Oberster Gerichtshof USA, SEC, Supreme Court, US Anwaltszulassung, US Attorney
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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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Wal-Mart Cover Up- Would a Hot-Line Have Helped?
Ed. Note-we continue our series of guest posts from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones, who today draws some lessons from the Wal-Mart matter. On November 8, 2006 Wal-Mart entered the Canadian Market opening three supercenters in Ancaster, London and Stouffville … Weiterlesen
Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein, Compliance USA
Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Compliance Program, FCPA, Hotline, Mary Jones, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Gesellschaftsrecht, Wal-Mart, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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Armistice Day: The Risks and Rewards of Foreign Joint Ventures
Ed. Note-we continue our series of guest posts from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones, who today looks at Joint Ventures and has some pointers for avoiding pitfalls under the FCPA. In December 2010, RAE Systems Inc., a publicly-traded U.S. corporation … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Best Practices, Bribery Act, Compliance programs, Department of Justice, FCPA, Joint Ventures, Nietzer&Häusler, US-Gesellschaftsrecht, Wirtschaftskanzlei Heilbronn Franken
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