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- Sun Cleared Of Wrongdoing?
- Sun shareholders convening today to approve the company's acquisition by Oracle can breathe a sigh of relief. The company seems to be in the clear today, although as recently as April 30 ten days after Oracle announced its bid, Sun was concerned that it might have breached the Foreign Corrupt...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
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- Complying with the amended Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA) was enacted in 1977 as a response to widely published improprieties involving corporate bribery, kickbacks, payoffs, political contributions and other questionable payments to foreign officials in exchange for international business. The FCPA endowed the U.S. government with the legal authority to eliminate corrupt practices...
- Research articles 1990-04-01
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- I. INTRODUCTION Congress enacted the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA" or "Act") (1) in 1977 to criminalize illicit payments to foreign public officials by United States ("United States" or "U.S.") businesses and individuals. (2) Consequently, U.S. businesses had to compete in international markets against foreign businesses that were...
- Research articles 2002-03-22
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: compliance issues in the tax and customs arena
- Among the many changes in the legal and business landscape following the Enron scandal and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been a dramatic increase in the pace and ferocity of enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA, which prohibits improper payments to influence foreign officials who have the...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Former Executive of Willbros Group Inc. Indicted on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges
- To: ENERGY EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2008, TDD +1-202-514-1888 WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted a former executive of a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc., on charges of conspiring to make corrupt payments to Nigerian officials...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Business Update: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - Frequently Asked Questions.
- By Joseph H. Price, F. Joseph Warren, Daniel J. Plaine, Robert C. Blume, Corinne Lammers, Robert C. Bonner and Thomas E. Holliday Originally published on April 4, 2002 Any domestic and foreign companies involved in international commercial transactions must understand and appreciate their obligations under...
- Research articles 2002-08-16
- Fifth Circuit Interprets Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Expansively And Rules That Paying Bribes to Receive Reduction in Customs Duties or Taxes Could Violate Act.
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued its opinion in United States of America v. Kay, No. 02-20588 (5th Cir. Feb. 4, 2004), a much-anticipated ruling regarding the scope of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"). The specific issue on appeal was whether bribes paid...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and progeny: morally unassailable.
- Introduction While opponents avow that the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act(1) is morally assailable, a growing number of supporters believe that the U.S.-led effort to reduce corruption in the global economic arena is a positive initiative, not a candidate for indictment as "moral ...
- Research articles 2000-06-22
- Bribery in the global market: A critical analysis of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- 1. Introduction Over the past twenty years, the United States has adopted and refined rigorous legislation to curb the payment of bribes by U.S. companies. Through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977' as amended in 1988 FCPA,2 payment of bribes abroad by U.S. businesspersons has become a crime subject...
- Research articles 1997-01-01
- A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION, A LITTLE MORE ACTION: EVALUATING AND FORECASTING THE TREND OF MORE FREQUENT AND SEVERE PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
- In the wake of increasingly common, creative, and severe prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), scholars and practitioners must acknowledge that the time for talk-i.e., non-punitive voluntary disclosures and abstract debate-has given way to an era of aggressive enforcement actions by the Department of Justice and the securities...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Top Lawyers Give Tips on the Effects That Environmental Laws, Regulatory Laws, Federal Communications Commission Laws, Fraud and Abuse Laws, and Laws Related To the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Have on Companies.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 November 2006-Research and Markets: Top Lawyers Give Tips on the Effects That Environmental Laws, Regulatory Laws, Federal Communications Commission Laws, Fraud and Abuse Laws, and Laws Related To the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Have on CompaniesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10112006 ...
- Research articles 2006-11-09
- Did Pfizer Violate Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Philippine "Bribe" Flap?
- Pfizer should be investigated for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for its role in an alleged "bribe" to stave off a price-control law in the Philippines, according to a politician from the archipelago nation. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act strengthens global business laws
- Ever since the mid-1970s, companies doing business abroad have had to be mindful of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act provision that says making illegal payments in a foreign jurisdiction can result in criminal penalties. Moreover, for public corporations, civil penalties can be meted out as well. Recently, both...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Beware of Big U.S. Crackdown on Foreign Bribery
-  It hasn't been getting much attention, but a large-scale government crackdown on foreign bribery and corruption on on against U.S. companies. Over the 18 months ending last June, more than 100 U.S. companies have come forward with evidence of violations of the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Of...
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Worried about your global partners? If implemented properly, investigative due diligence is unsurpassed as a low-cost, high-value tool in learning about a company's overseas connections—particularly in light of stepped-up enforcement of the Foreign C
- THE UNITED STATES government has dramatically stepped up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA, the law that prohibits bribes and improper payments to foreign officials by U.S. companies and non-U.S. companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges. In a three-month stretch of 2007, the Department of Justice levied the...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Trouble for Suharto's pal.(Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. may be investigated under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its ally, Suharto, is no longer in power in Indonesia)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- Six months ago, a close relationship with Suharto was the best insurance a foreign company could have in Indonesia. Today, Louisiana-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, which had a cozy relationship with the former ruler, is finding that close ties to Suharto may prove more liability than...
- Research articles 1998-09-07
- Top Lawyers Give Tips on the Effects That Environmental Laws, Regulatory Laws, Federal Communications Commission Laws, Fraud and Abuse Laws, and Laws Related To the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Have on Companies
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c44894) has announced the addition of The Practice of Corporate Law: Leading Lawyers on Best Practices for Representing Public and Private Companies to their offering.
- Research articles 2006-11-09
- Three Vetco International Ltd. Subsidiaries Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Agree to Pay $26 Million in Criminal Fines
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008, +1-202-514- 1888 TDD WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vetco Gray Controls Inc., Vetco Gray Controls Ltd., and Vetco Gray UK Ltd., wholly owned subsidiaries of Vetco International Ltd., have pleaded guilty to violating the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
- Research articles 2007-02-06
- Former Senior Officer of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribes
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008 TDD +1-202- 14-1888 WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Si Chan Wooh, a former senior officer of SSI International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. until 2006, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Paradigm B.V. Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Issues in Multiple Countries
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008, TDD +1-202- 514-1888 Paradigm Disclosed Improper Payments Discovered Through Pre- Public Offering Due DiligenceWASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The Department of Justice has entered into an agreement with Paradigm B.V. related to the making of improper payments to government officials in China,...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
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