Good news for attorneys, especially those with foreign language backgrounds. It seems that FCPA enforcement is not slowing down one bit. From George J. Terwilliger, III, Darryl S. Lew, Daniel Levin and G. William Currier of White & Case LLP: On the heels of the US Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) massive sting operation, which resulted [...]
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DOJ & FBI Making Sure FCPA Violators Are SOL
Here are two great stories that signify an encouraging trend for anyone working in complex FCPA litigation and e-discovery. First, from Robert Trigaux of the St. Petersburg Times: John Benson Wier III, 46 and president of St. Petersburg’s SRT Supply, was in Las Vegas this week hawking military equipment from Booth 26506 at the 2010 [...]
FCPA: Devicemakers Dastardly Deeds to be Discovered
Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to read the rest of this post, but I wanted to go ahead and post the teaser blurb> From FDANews.com: Devicemakers may face an increase in indictments as the Justice Department zeroes in on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Justice’s FCPA and healthcare fraud units are beginning to work [...]
Text Messages, Emails, and Cell Phones, Oh My!!!
In keeping with our recent bribery theme, here is a great post from Joshua Gilliland of Bow Tie Law on the intersection of bribery and technology: Sometimes there are fact patterns that surprise you how far we have come with technology and the foolishness of people. In People v. McInnis, the Defendant was convicted of attempted witness bribery. [...]
FCPA/Pharma: Another Article on DOJ Enforcement, Same Sad Conclusion for Pharmaceuticals
R. Christopher Cook and Stephanie Connor Jones Day provide some more insight into an article I had posted about earlier regarding the DOJ’s renewed interest in going after pharmaceuticals fro FCPA violations. Note you do have to register to get this article, but it takes less than two minutes, and they very rarely spam your email [...]