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Entries in Knowledge (45)

Tuesday
Oct042011

Due Diligence To Prevent Touting

To the untrained eye, they often appear as scrubby derelict vagabonds, haunting the steps of administrative offices throughout the developing world.

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Thursday
Sep292011

The New Mens Rea: Guilt By Association

On his D&O Diary, Kevin LaCroix always hits the ball straight and long.

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Tuesday
Sep272011

In Carson Case, DOJ Agrees 'Foreign Official' Knowledge Is Required

Does a defendant need to know a bribe taker is a 'foreign official' to be guilty of an FCPA offense?

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Wednesday
Sep212011

Amend The FCPA Or Leave It Alone? Game On

A powerful, detailed rebuttal to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s proposals to amend the U.S. FCPA launched this month. Professorial powerhouses David Kennedy (Harvard Law School) and Dan Danielsen (Northeastern School of Law) issued their 84 page analysis, Busting Bribery: Sustaining the Global Momentum of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Wednesday
Aug172011

How Much 'Knowledge' Is Enough?

Attorney Harvey Silverglate had a thoughtful article in Forbes this month. His topic was mens rea -- the requirement in the U.S. that a person must intend to commit a crime to be guilty.

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Thursday
Jun232011

Out-Of-Pocket Bribes

Can a corporation be criminally responsible under the FCPA's anti-bribery provisions for payments it doesn't know about? It sounds strange but the question comes up in a common scenario.

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Wednesday
Jun222011

Tony's Teachable Moment

Here's some simple wisdom that applies to congressmen with an overactive camera thing, or to anyone thinking of convoluted ways to bribe foreign official but deny having knowledge of it.

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Thursday
May192011

'Foreign Official' Challenge Fails Again

Judge James V. Selna yesterday denied the Carson defendants motion to dismiss ten FCPA-related counts in the indictment against them based on the definition of "foreign official" in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Thursday
May122011

FCPA Defendants Face The Verdict Of History

Should anyone be surprised by the guilty verdicts handed down Tuesday in the Lindsey case? Not at all. History, and the odds, are always against FCPA defendants.

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Friday
Mar252011

Case Against Company Counsel Dismissed

As reported today by Ellen Podgor on the White Collar Crime Prof Blog, the case against GlaxoSmithKline's former VP and associate general counsel has been dismissed without prejudice.

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