All articles by Jaclyn Jaeger – Page 79
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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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SEC charges Penn West Petroleum with accounting fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Canadian-based oil and gas company and three of its former top finance executives for their roles in an extensive, multi-year accounting fraud.
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European Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for antitrust violations
The European Union’s antitrust watchdog this week fined Google a record €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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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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Bank of England raises capital requirements for U.K. banks
The U.K. Financial Policy Committee this week published its latest Financial Stability Report, which sets out its views on the U.K. financial system’s stability and an assessment of any risks to it.
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ArticleAustralia mulls Modern Slavery Act
‘Land Down Under’ formalizes efforts to attack supply chain slavery issues and human trafficking.
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London bank official jailed for taking bribes
A U.K. court on 20th June sentenced a former London bank official to six years in prison for accepting more than £2million in bribes in return for approving large loans.
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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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Evolving toward a modernized compliance program
The key to building a truly forward-facing compliance function is to make it proactive and predictive, visionary, and strategic. And none of that is particularly easy.
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SFO charges Barclays in Qatar capital-raising case
The Serious Fraud Office has charged Barclays and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance contrary to the Companies Act.
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Auto industry choking on its own fumes
Volkswagen gets all the stick for being a problem child of the auto industry, but plenty of automakers have compliance issues of their own. A look at some key auto maker probes is inside.
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Decoding the data protection officer role under GDPR
As the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation takes effect in May 2018, companies should begin thinking of hiring a data protection officer.
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SEC suspends former PetroTiger general counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the former general counsel of oil and gas services provider PetroTiger from practicing before the Commission after he pleaded guilty to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Graña y Montero makes governance changes amid bribery probe
Peruvian engineering and construction company Graña y Montero has made several governance changes of late, including the appointment of a new chief risk and compliance officer, as the company faces a bribery investigation connected to Odebrecht.
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Prosecutors weigh in on effective compliance programs
CW’s annual conference offered an in-depth look at the Justice Department’s “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” for those who may have missed it.
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A deep dive into the World Bank’s investigation process
Debarments from the World Bank are just one way in which companies can run afoul of serious compliance problems if they are not careful.
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JBS reaches $3.2B leniency deal; makes governance changes
J&F Investimentos, the holding company of meat-packing company JBS, has agreed to pay a record 10.3 billion reais (US$3.2bn; £2.4bn) fine for its role in a widespread corruption scandal, deepening Brazil's anti-corruption enforcement crackdown.
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Petrofac makes governance changes amid SFO probe
The board of directors of oilfield services provider, Petrofac, recently announced a number of significant governance changes, amid a bribery and corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
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ArticleHow two companies successfully merged their compliance functions
When Johnson Controls and Tyco merged in 2016 to form Johnson Controls International, the merged entity created a single compliance function that was greater than the sum of its parts.