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Entries in travel and entertainment expenses (12)

Monday
Feb042013

MTS discloses 'remedial actions' after investigation

Minnesota-based MTS Systems Corporation said last week that after an investigation of gift-giving, travel, and accommodation practices in its Asia operations, it '[removed] certain persons formerly employed in its Korea office.'

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Monday
Dec242012

Judge Leon rejects SEC, IBM settlement

A federal judge Thursday angrily rejected a proposed 2011 settlement between the SEC and IBM, saying the  company should be required to report all accounting violations and not just FCPA anti-bribery problems.

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Friday
Dec142012

Super-charge your analytics program with the guidance

Last month, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission published their long-awaited Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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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. 

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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.

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Thursday
Nov152012

Hitting the highpoints with the DOJ

Gifts, travel and entertainment, foreign officials, successor liability, and effective compliance programs.

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Wednesday
Nov142012

What's really inside the new guidance?

Just over a year after Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer first announced plans to issue “detailed new guidance on the [FCPA’s] criminal and civil enforcement provisions,” the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) today jointly issued this long-awaited formal guidance entitled A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“the Guide”).

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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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Friday
Nov022012

Avon keeps no secrets from the feds

In its disclosure yesterday, Avon provided a glimpse into what it means to be cooperating with the DOJ and SEC.

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Friday
Oct262012

New DOJ opinion on promotional expenses by non-profit adoption agencies

The DOJ's second Opinion Procedure Release this year approved a plan by 19 non-profit adoption agencies to bring foreign officials to the United States to meet the staff at the agencies and families who have already adopted kids from the officials' country.

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