All Department of Justice articles – Page 36
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DoJ seeks to recover $144M in Nigerian oil industry corruption case
The Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $144 million in assets obtained from corruption in the Nigerian oil industry.
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Artifacts and artwork can collect trouble
Craft supply giant Hobby Lobby is in hot water for illegally importing historical artifacts. Other collections, including artwork, can also be a big problem for unsuspecting firms.
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World Bank sanctions CDM Smith
CDM Smith has been sanctioned by the World Bank for failing to disclose a sub-consulting agreement for a project in Vietnam.
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Distilling lessons from the FCPA Pilot Program
A year after the DoJ launched its FCPA pilot program, companies are gaining much-valued insight on how to self-disclose and cooperate with the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
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New leadership, similar enforcement agenda
Amid plenty of public turmoil in the Trump administration’s early days, the enforcement agendas of both the DoJ and the SEC remain fundamentally unchanged.
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CDM Smith probe ends in declination with disgorgement
The Fraud Section of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division last month issued its seventh declination under the FCPA Pilot Program, and the second under the Trump Administration. It was also the fourth declination with disgorgement, a developing FCPA enforcement trend.
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New DoJ policy limits settlement relief options
For years, companies facing regulatory settlements had the option of delivering payments to non-governmental third parties as part of their punishment. No longer.
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Linde FCPA probe ends in DoJ declination
The Department of Justice closed its investigation into industrial-gas supplier Linde for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act without bringing an enforcement action, making it the first public declination under the Trump Administration.
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The Escobar decision, one year later
A year after the Supreme Court more closely defined materiality and implied consent in False Claims Act cases, compliance officers still have more questions than answers.
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Department of Justice seeks new compliance counsel
Legal and compliance professionals interested in joining the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section for the compliance counsel job have until June 27 to apply. The Fraud Section is on the lookout for a new compliance counsel to replace Hui Chen, the first person to ever assume the role.
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Bill Baer to rejoin Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Bill Baer, former Acting Associate Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the Department of Justice, will rejoin the firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer as partner on June 1, 2017, resident in the Washington office.
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Microsoft: Why we are adopting ISO 37001
In a recent blog post, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel explains why it decided to become the first U.S. and multinational company to seek ISO 37001 certification, and why other companies should do the same.
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Preventing False Claims Act liability
During a recent panel, federal and state officials, corporate defense attorneys, and whistleblower reps alike debated the ins and outs of U.S. FCA cases and how to defend them.
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Bumble Bee to pay $25M in price-fixing scheme
Seafood company, Bumble Bee, pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a $25 million criminal fine resulting from an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into the packaged seafood industry.
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Former Magyar Telekom executives settle FCPA case
Two former executives at Hungarian-based telecommunications company Magyar Telekom agreed to pay financial penalties and accept officer-and-director bars to settle a previously filed SEC case alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Department of Justice vows to speed up FCPA investigations
A U.S. Department of Justice official said in remarks that the agency is making a “concerted effort” to speed up the pace of FCPA investigations and that the agency expects cooperating companies to do the same.
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U.S. judge orders Odebrecht to pay $2.6B in global bribery case
A U.S. federal judge this week ordered Odebrecht to pay $2.6 billion in fines for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securing a plea deal reached last year with authorities in the United States, Brazil, and Switzerland.
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Trump nominates M&A expert for Justice Department
President Trump has found his M&A guru and announced his intention to nominate Makan Delrahim to the Department of Justice. If confirmed, he will serve as an assistant attorney general in the Anti-Trust Division.
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What’s to come of the Pilot Program?
The countdown begins for when the compliance community will soon find out the fate of the Pilot Program initiated last year by the Criminal Division’s Fraud section. Until then, “the program will continue in full force until we reach a final decision on those issues,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth ...
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The FCPA is unlikely to vanish under President Trump
Despite rhetoric to the contrary, FCPA enforcement during the Trump administration will not die off. If anything, it might actually increase. Jaclyn Jaeger explores.