On March 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Tokyo-based trading company Marubeni Corporation had entered a guilty plea and will pay a criminal fine of $88 million in ...
As the fiscal year comes to a close—even while the Securities and Exchange Commission, amidst the government shutdown, continues to fund its operations through a carryover balance from ...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have released new guidance on the criminal and civil enforcement provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices A...
On August 21, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced its first “whistleblower” award under the Dodd-Frank Act. While the facts relating to the whistleblowe...
Recently, the Department of Justice reaffirmed its guidance as to what it views as the proper Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) compliance procedures in the context of mergers an...
