By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press | March 9, 2018
A trust linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has filed a lawsuit against major international energy trading firms for their alleged role funneling bribes to corrupt company officials in exchange for rigged oil purchase contracts.
By Sue Reisinger | March 7, 2018
DOJ announced it had extended its voluntary self-reporting guidelines last week at the American Bar Association's 32nd annual National Institute on White Collar Crime in San Diego.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jay Holtmeier, Erin Sloane and Jeff Habenicht | February 8, 2018
On Nov. 29, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy based on the 2016 FCPA Pilot Program, which first attempted to formalize the DOJ's treatment of self-disclosure, cooperation, and remediation in the FCPA enforcement context. In announcing the new Policy, Rosenstein explained the DOJ's view that the Pilot Program had been successful, significantly increasing self-disclosure rates. The Policy, however, is a somewhat mixed bag for companies struggling to decide whether to voluntarily disclose misconduct.
By Jenna Greene | January 31, 2018
David and Goliath is one thing, but this? It's David versus three Goliaths plus a battalion of Big Law lawyers. Also, Baker Botts scores the best kind of win for Cobalt International Energy.
By Sue Reisinger | January 30, 2018
Bilfinger had two choices: keep doing the same things and risk going to court on criminal charges, or do something radical.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Joe Martini, James Glasser and Judd Lindenfeld | January 30, 2018
The new FCPA policy provides the much-needed assurance that fulsome voluntary self-disclosure of FCPA violations will likely serve to avoid criminal prosecution. At the same time, the new FCPA policy signals that the government will continue to combat corporate misconduct by focusing on individual misconduct.
By Zach Brez, Allison Lullo, and Giselle Sedano | January 26, 2018
Over the last year, the CFTC continued to align itself with other, more frequently-lauded enforcement agencies like the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But the CFTC also closed out its fiscal year having brought only 49 enforcement actions, nearly 30 percent fewer actions than in FY2016, and obtaining orders totaling approximately $412 million in restitution, disgorgement and penalties, amounting to only one-third of the $1.29 billion garnered in FY2016.
By Cogan Schneier | January 23, 2018
Harmon and FBI Director Christopher Wray worked together for years at the firm King & Spalding.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Philip C. Patterson and Vera M. Kachnowski | January 19, 2018
International Criminal Law and Enforcement columnists Philip Patterson and Vera Kachnowski write: The end of 2017 marked both the 40th anniversary of the FCPA and a $965 million FCPA settlement with Swedish telecommunications company, Telia Company AB. As we begin the new year, FCPA watchers will be closely monitoring how remedies such as this evolve under both SEC and DOJ authority, in light of other 2017 developments.
By Sue Reisinger | January 17, 2018
Singapore is the latest country to consider using DPAs, joining Australia, Canada and France, which are also considering the agreements. The United States and U.K. already use these tools.
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