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Settlement negotiations break down in CFTC spoofing case

A federal court in Chicago has ruled that the US commodity regulator’s civil case against former Deutsche Bank trader James Vorley can proceed after settlement negotiations broke down.

Lawyers brace for tougher SEC

Under new enforcement leadership, the SEC is removing red tape, seeking admissions and pursuing larger penalties. Defence lawyers are braced for more fights with the regulator.

Second Circuit denies Halbank’s challenge to US sanctions case

A US federal appeals court has said the Turkish state financial institution is not immune from prosecution for sanctions violations.

France to consider tough anti-corruption reforms

A French politician has proposed wide-ranging changes to the country’s anti-corruption apparatus including making companies liable for failing to prevent crimes.

Honeywell says bribery settlement will cost at least $160 million

The conglomerate has been in bribery settlement negotiations with US and Brazilian authorities.

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The Petrofac bribery schemes: where, what and how

UK oil services company Petrofac has admitted to failing to prevent its agents and employees from paying bribes to win contracts worth billions of dollars throughout the Middle East. GIR takes a deep dive into the bribery schemes and compliance failures that led to the guilty plea.

Inside SNC-Lavalin’s World Bank monitorship

SNC-Lavalin’s compliance chief and monitor talk to GIR about the eight years the engineering company spent under the World Bank’s supervision. “Just when you feel like you have figured out the business, it changes,” said the monitor.

Women in Investigations – in pictures

GIR held its 4th annual Women in Investigations conference on 23 September at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London in association with the Women’s White Collar Defense Association.

GIR sanctions roundtable

OFAC and OFSI officials join sanctions and export control practitioners in Washington, DC and London in a wide-ranging conversation on sanctions implementation, licensing, investigations, enforcement and more.

Just Anti-Corruption

OSI agrees settlement with investors over corruption allegations

California-based OSI Systems agreed to a $12.5 million settlement with investors who sued the company over corruption allegations on an Albanian contract.

Ericsson faces DPA breach claim

Just weeks earlier a senior DOJ official warned corporations: “If you violate the terms of an NPA or DPA or plea agreement, we are going to enforce”.

Just Sanctions

ZTE beefs up legal team during sanctions monitorship

The lawyers have joined the case following a report that a court-appointed monitor is seeking to extend his term by leveraging his friendship with a federal judge.

GIR’s In-House Investigator Series: Neena Shenai at Medtronic

Neena Shenai, the Washington, DC-based chief global trade legal director at US-Irish medical device company Medtronic, tells GIR about the increased sanctions focus on the medical technology industry and what authorities could do to make compliance easier for the sector.

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