Search

Editors

Richard L. Cassin Publisher and Editor

Andy Spalding Senior Editor

Jessica Tillipman Senior Editor

Elizabeth K. Spahn Contributing Editor

Eric Carlson Contributing EditorBenjamin Kessler Contributing Editor

Michael Kuria Contributing Editor

Thomas Fox Contributing Editor

Philip Fitzgerald Contributing Editor

Marc Alain Bohn Contributing Editor

Michael Scher Contributing Editor

Bill Waite Contributing Editor

Shruti J. Shah Contributing EditorDr. Henry Wong Contributing EditorRussell A. Stamets Contributing Editor

Mark R. Friedman Contributing Editor

Andrew Reichardt Editorial Intern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connect

Subscribe to receive the free FCPA Blog Daily

Close
Free FCPA Blog Daily News

 

Entries in Effective Compliance Program (91)

Monday
Mar252013

Resource alert: White paper from D&B

Click image for download siteOur sponsor D&B has published a white paper setting out best practices for building a comprehensive compliance program.

Click to read more ...

Wednesday
Mar132013

Is this the world's best compliance disclosure?

Texas-based oil and gas services firm Baker Hughes once held the record for the biggest FCPA settlement of all time.

Click to read more ...

Tuesday
Feb262013

The difference between automated and intelligent

As companies struggle to deal with compliance issues in the expanding global markets, they can no longer rely solely on automated compliance. Today compliance should also be intelligent.

Click to read more ...

Thursday
Feb142013

Breuer conducts FCPA rountable on the West Coast in final official trip

Lanny Breuer, left, and Dwight C. Holton at February 13, 2013 FCPA roundable in SeattleAssistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer engaged business leaders in a lively FCPA roundtable Wednesday at an event I hosted along with Brad Smith, General Counsel of Microsoft. As the Chief of the Criminal Division, Breuer leads DOJ’s enforcement efforts under the FCPA.

Click to read more ...

Tuesday
Jan152013

Step aside, ten elements, and make way for the hallmarks

Before the Siemens case and the birth of the modern era of FCPA enforcement, there were the ten elements of an effective compliance program. They came from the U.S. federal sentencing guidelines applicable to corporate defendants.

Click to read more ...

Friday
Dec282012

The top five FCPA stories of 2012

1. Allegations against Wal-Mart -- Just when the debate about FCPA reform was heating up, the New York Times reported that Wal-Mart may have paid $24 million in bribes to Mexican officials to grow the business. The story showed why the FCPA is important. And it derailed the Chamber of Commerce's campaign to narrow the law and restrict the DOJ's enforcement of it.

Click to read more ...

Friday
Nov232012

ethiXbase launches employee certification system

Our team has analyzed every known FCPA investigation and enforcement action to create a market-leading automated system built to meet or exceed all government compliance standards and requirements. 

Click to read more ...

Monday
Nov192012

Compliance and the cloud

Technology has given the compliance world access to tools that couldn't have been imagined in 1977 when Jimmy Carter signed the FCPA into law. 

Click to read more ...

Monday
Nov192012

New FCPA guidance: no sea change but a helpful enforcement summary

Last week, the DOJ and SEC issued their long-anticipated Resource Guide regarding the agencies’ FCPA enforcement. Over a year in the drafting, the 120-page Guide addresses, among other things, (1) the definition of a foreign official, (2) gifts and entertainment, and (3) the “hallmarks” of an effective corporate compliance program. 

Click to read more ...

Thursday
Nov152012

SEC's Khuzami: We're not interested in small potatoes

Robert Khuzami of the United States Securities and Exchange CommissionHere's what Robert Khuzami said Wednesday at a news briefing about the FCPA guidance released by the DOJ and SEC. Khuzami is head of the SEC's enforcement division.

Click to read more ...