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Wal-Mart’s Victims Part IX: Are Host Governments Victims or Perpetrators?

I’ve argued in this series (see links to the prior posts below) and in this paper that FCPA enforcement should benefit the victims of bribery -- namely, the citizens of the countries in which the bribery occurs. Congress intended the statute to do this very thing, and it should do so now.

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Job: General Counsel

Job Title: General Counsel

Company: TheStreet

Location: New York, NY

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Bourke enters Englewood

Frederic Bourke is now an inmate of Englewood Camp, a minimum-security facility in the southwest suburbs of Denver, Colorado, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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China Corruption Blotter (May 17, 2013)

According to online allegations, Tao Mingzhe, deputy director of Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) People’s Hospital’s anesthesiology department, took bribes worth millions of dollars from drug and medical device companies, and has two mistresses. Pharma companies allegedly paid for Tao to go on sightseeing trips and attend symposiums. He is being investigated by anti-corruption authorities. The hospital said Tao is still at his post. http://fanfu.people.com.cn

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Wal-Mart busts its FCPA budget

Wal-Mart said Thursday it spent $73 million on FCPA-related expenses during the first quarter of 2013. It had budgeted $40 million to $45 million.

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To those who carry a badge

This is National Police Week, when Americans thank our local, state, and federal law enforcement professionals for risking their lives to keep us safe.

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Report: F1 supremo Ecclestone to face German bribery charges

Bernie"Ecclestone serves as president and CEO of Formula One (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged soon in Germany for bribing a banker to gain access to his bank's F1 shares, a German newspaper has reported.

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Wal-Mart’s Victims Part VIII: So What Should We Do?

I’ve argued in this series that we should think of corruption generally, and bribery specifically, as violating human rights -- specifically the rights of the citizens of the countries in which bribery occurs. (And make no mistake, this includes  the U.S.).

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