The FCPA Blog

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Richard L. Cassin is the creator and principal writer of the FCPA Blog.

He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People In Business Ethics in 2010 and 2011 by Ethisphere Magazine, and the FCPA Blog was listed by the Risk Management Monitor as one of the ten best risk-management and insurance-industry blogs.

He speaks about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-corruption enforcement to business, NGO and government leaders, company boards and management, law schools, and others.

He dissects enforcement practices and policies and interprets their long and short-term implications.

Cassin's articles about compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Business Times (Singapore), the New England Law Review, and many other leading publications. His influential opinions are cited in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Variety, Compliance Week, Bloomberg's news wire, Reuters, Fox News, CNN, and others. 

His book Bribery Abroad has been an Amazon bestseller for international law. 

He supports global compliance and the aims of the FCPA and laws like it. Through his talks, he provides audiences with an update on where FCPA and global anti-corruption enforcement has been and forecasts where it will go in the months and years ahead.

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Recent media coverage of Richard L. Cassin and the FCPA Blog

"Whether News Corp. executives could face criminal prosecution would depend on the usual question that comes up in a scandal: What did they know and when did they know it? In other words, an executive would "have to have had direct knowledge of the illegal activity," like whether they authorized payments or tried to cover it up, said attorney Richard L. Cassin, a specialist in FCPA who also writes FCPA Blog."

Read the full story from Variety here. 

“The first thing I thought of was, ‘Oh God, did I eat a piece of this Mexican chicken?’ ” said Richard L. Cassin, a lawyer who specializes in foreign bribery cases and writes the FCPA Blog on issues related to the foreign corruption statute.”

 Read the full story from the New York Times here. 

 “…the FCPA Blog, a site that provides practical information about the FCPA and compliance.”

Read the full story from Business Insider here. 

 "People have talked themselves into the idea that they can win these cases and so far there is no evidence that this is true," said Richard Cassin, a lawyer who helps clients comply with the FCPA and runs a blog on the act.”

 Read to full story from Rueters here. 

“The Securities and Exchange Commission could seek to enforce the part of the foreign bribery law that requires companies to keep accurate books, Cassin said. If News Corp. employees disguised bribe payments with accounting tricks, the SEC may have grounds to fine the company.”

Read the full story from the Los Angeles Times here. 

"That's because U.S. authorities trust the British legal system, older than America itself, to handle the case. America usually goes after cases that are not being prosecuted elsewhere and in which widespread, systematic bribery can be proved, Cassin said. News Corporation, he said, does not fit the bill."

Read the full story from CNN here. 

"Historically most Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases have involved contracts with foreign governments, mineral extraction or manufacturing facilities. But with capital for finance companies drying up amid the financial meltdown, Richard L. Cassin, author of theFCPA Blog, noted in 2008 that interactions with sovereign wealth funds might trigger problems with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act."

Read the full story from DealBook here. 

“But American lawyer Richard Cassin warned Wall Street’s fierce regulator, The Securities and Exchange Commission, could seek to enforce the part of the foreign bribery law that requires companies to keep accurate books, according to the LA Times newspaper.”

Read the full story from The Daily Mail here. 

"I am never going to be a leading authority on the FCPA, yet because it is of such paramount importance to our clients doing business in China, it is imperative we stay current on what is happening on the FCPA front so we can help our clients set up preventative measures. One of my primary ways of doing that is to regularly read the FCPA Blog. It fills "the blog space" on the FCPA."

Read the full story from the China Law Blog here. 

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"Its (The FCPA Blog) simple name leaves no guesses as to what it covers — news and views about the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Managed by Richard Cassin, the multiple daily posts gives readers a grim reminder of the oft-corrupt corporate world and analysis of the FCPA’s actions".

Read the full story from the Risk Management Monitor here.  

“The Folks…who produce the FCPA Blog have an interesting take on Monday's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act conviction of husband-and-wife film producers…”

Read the full story from Am Law Daily here. 

“I think [increased FCPA enforcement] was a response to the dangers in the world,” said Cassin, who also writes at the FCPA Blog. “And also I think it was a message to foreign leaders that they had to begin to police their corporations—or we would.”

Read the full story from The Crime Report here.

"Richard Cassin, creator of the FCPA Blog and a pioneer of the FCPA’s blogosphere, hit the ball out of the park with this recent column for Ethisphere.”

Read the full story from the FCPA Professor here. 

“The Collar for Blogs That Should Be Nominated for Some Award -- To The D & O Diary (written by Kevin LaCroix) and The FCPA Blog (written by Dick Cassin), both outstanding for their thorough, balanced posts that are uniformly informative -- they deserve recognition for the service they provide to readers..."

Read the full story from the White Collar Crime Prof Blog here.