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Entries in Defenses (105)

Tuesday
Dec042012

A compliance lesson from middle school

The seventh grade shop teacher said, 'Always cut the wood on the way side of the line. That protects against mistakes. You can shorten a board, but you can never make it longer.'

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Wednesday
Nov142012

DOJ and SEC release 'unprecedented' joint FCPA guidance

The DOJ and SEC today released a 120-page FCPA resource guide.

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Wednesday
Sep052012

For Harris Corp, Echoes of History

Here's a note from a U.S. reader:

Dear FCPA Blog,

As noted in the Wall Street Journal, Harris Corporation is currently investigating bribery in China.
 
This is not its first brush with the FCPA. 

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Monday
Aug272012

Revive Jacobson's Good-Faith Compliance Plan

News in April about Wal-Mart's bribery embroglio in Mexico killed the debate about FCPA reform. Too bad. Parts of that debate were productive and could have led to some welcome changes.

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Thursday
Jul262012

Compliance Program Rankings – What Factors Really Matter?

Examining compliance programs of 105 publicly listed multinational companies, TI's Compliance Program Rankings rate the best and worst companies for transparency.

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Friday
Jun292012

New Proposal For FCPA 'Adequate Procedures' Defense

Jon Jordan propose his own version of an adequate procedures defense to the FCPA.

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Wednesday
May162012

Feds: Widespread Corruption Is No Defense

Paul Cosgrove and David Edmonds want a jury instruction about 'customary practices' in some of the countries where their employer, CCI, did business.

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Wednesday
May092012

Facilitation: A Jury Question

Payments to government employees in exchange for the performance of a non-discretionary function such as issuance of a license or a permit occur far more often than bribes to government officials in exchange for assistance in winning a government contract.

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Thursday
Apr262012

The Good Faith Compliance Defense, Unscathed

Let me be blunt: assuming the allegations to be true, had the FCPA been amended to include a good faith compliance defense, Wal-Mart would not be eligible for it.

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Wednesday
Apr182012

Jacobson: Immunity Plan Will Raise Enforcement Standards

We spoke this week with Billy Jacobson, the DOJ's former assistant chief for FCPA enforcement about his proposal that companies able to meet a five-part good-faith compliance test shouldn't face FCPA charges.

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