Mining sector investigations spread to U.K.
Richard L. Cassin |
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11:28AM
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Thursday it has launched a criminal investigation of London-listed mining company ENRC plc.
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Richard L. Cassin |
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11:28AM
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Thursday it has launched a criminal investigation of London-listed mining company ENRC plc.
Richard L. Cassin |
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 1:49PM
Oil services firm Nabors Industries Ltd. said Wednesday the DOJ won't bring an FCPA enforcement action after an investigation first launched more than five years ago.
Richard L. Cassin |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 12:28PM
Oil services firm Nabors Industries Ltd. was a customer of Panalpina but not among the six that settled FCPA cases on the same historic day in November 2010.
The FCPA Blog |
Friday, November 2, 2012 at 6:38AM
LyondellBasell Industries NV, the Netherlands-based petrochemical maker, made this disclosure in its Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 26:
Richard L. Cassin |
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 12:32PM The SEC said Pfizer's employees and agents paid bribes in Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Serbia. Improper payments went to foreign officials 'to obtain regulatory and formulary approvals, sales, and increased prescriptions for the company’s pharmaceutical products.'
Andy Spalding |
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 9:18AM Andy Spalding suggests that if the Wal-mart investigation results in significant civil or criminal fines or disgorged profits, some portion of those monies be used to benefit the people of Mexico.
Andy Spalding |
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 7:05AM Last post, I discussed the proposal from Nigeria’s Social-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to establish a mechanism for using the proceeds of FCPA settlements to help bribery victims.
Andy Spalding |
Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:18AM Yesterday, Benjamin Kessler wrote a stirring defense of what he called “one of the most altruistic FCPA amendments yet proposed:” adopting a system to share the proceeds of FCPA settlements with the victims of bribery.
Andy Spalding |
Friday, December 10, 2010 at 7:38AM The list of countries supporting China and boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo is a veritable hit list of corruption.
Andy Spalding |
Monday, November 29, 2010 at 2:28AM Professor Andy Spalding: The Giffen prosecution shows why FCPA enforcement is a foreign policy debacle.