Law: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (USA)

A recent decision by an Australian appeal court in a foreign bribery case outlined the sentence discounts companies can expect if they cooperate with corruption probes.

05 October 2022

The former president of El Salvador’s football federation will also pay $360,000 for his role in an international corruption scheme that the US has been pursuing for years.

29 September 2022

The SEC accused the multinational technology company of using slush funds to bribe officials in India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

27 September 2022

In the latest counsel watch, GIR looks at the teams acting for Brazilian airline GOL, telecommunications company Ericsson, banks Barclays and Morgan Stanley, and engineering company Jacobs Group in recent white-collar cases.

20 September 2022

Carrier GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes is set to pay over $41 million to resolve allegations brought by US authorities and the Brazilian Comptroller General of the Union and Attorney General’s Office in a coordinated settlement.

16 September 2022

Two former heads of a UN-affiliated NGO based in New York were extradited to the US to face bribery and money-laundering charges.

06 September 2022

A Florida federal judge ruled that the Instituto Del Seguro Social sued the medical equipment distributor roughly eight months late.

02 September 2022

A former Credit Suisse executive was hit with a forfeiture order; a medical device company said a whistleblower reported possible FCPA violations in Vietnam and a top employee at a crypto exchange pleaded guilty to wilfully failing to establish a proper anti-money laundering programme.

11 August 2022

After recently announcing an SEC investigation related to the company’s conduct in the Middle East, the telecommunications company faces a private suit from US military members accusing it of making “protection payments” to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

08 August 2022

A North Carolina chemicals business said it was in settlement talks with the DOJ and the SEC over possible FCPA violations; A federal appeals court stayed a Houston judge’s order to dismiss a Venezuelan bribery case over jurisdictional issues.

04 August 2022