- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2019-08-21T14:55:00
The DOJ has now closed its investigation into medical device company Misonix—about a month after the SEC closed its probe—without bringing enforcement actions. The FCPA investigation still resulted in some extensive anti-corruption compliance reforms.
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The SEC has closed its FCPA investigation into medical device company Misonix and will not be recommending an enforcement action, the company announced.
Medical-device maker Misonix said it voluntarily contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice this week to inform them about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
Global professional services firm Huron announced that it has promoted Hope Katz to executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Jan. 1.
The United States broke from a three-year downturn in bribery-related enforcement actions, while Brazil continued its emergence in the space, according to the results of the latest annual Global Enforcement Report by nonprofit TRACE.
The number of U.S. foreign bribery enforcement actions slowed notably in 2021, while the overall pace of transnational anti-bribery enforcement actions and investigations lagged worldwide, according to TRACE International’s latest enforcement report.
A payment by a U.S.-based company to a third-party intermediary under circumstances that placed an employee’s life and well-being at “significant risk” would not trigger enforcement under the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA, the Department of Justice stated in an opinion procedure.
