Topic: Corporate liability

SDNY official outlines approach to charging decisions

Featured in Investigator's Guide to New York

“We expect platinum-level compliance from your platinum-level clients”, Daniel Gitner, the criminal chief at the Manhattan US attorney’s office, told an audience at GIR Live New York on Tuesday.

21 September 2022

Counsel Watch: former US attorney general tapped for cross-border GOL settlement

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

Brazilian airline settles bribery probe with SEC, DOJ, local authorities

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

Brazil prosecutors air corruption investigation concerns

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Brazil

Brazilian federal prosecutors have spoken about the challenging environment they face when conducting corporate corruption investigations.

15 September 2022

Regulator details “shocking” AML breaches at Sydney casino

A gambling watchdog also took aim at Star Entertainment’s in-house lawyers for wrongly asserting legal privilege to withhold documents from Australia’s anti-money laundering enforcer.

13 September 2022

Entain hit with record betting fine over “unacceptable” compliance failings

A gambling company under investigation for failing to prevent bribery has been hit with a record fine for breaching industry compliance rules around suspicious funds in a separate probe.

17 August 2022

Brazil to vote on retroactive application of administrative misconduct law

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Brazil

Brazil’s highest court is considering the retroactivity of two main aspects of the country’s Administrative Improbity Act used to establish civil liability against companies and public officials in bribery or public corruption cases.

12 August 2022

Ericsson sued by US military members for financing al-Qaeda, Islamic State

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

US judge dismisses State Street DPA

01 August 2022

Dutch Shell investigation dropped following Italy acquittal

Prosecutors in the Netherlands have ended a probe into alleged bribery by Shell in Nigeria, citing double jeopardy rules.

21 July 2022

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