Day: December 22, 2008

FCPA Prosecution

In the wake of the Siemens AG plea, DOJ recently announced the conclusion of another FCPA matter. A former executive and a consultant of Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (Willbros), have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government officials […]

MN Recount Funds

The counting continues in Minnesota.  I mean the counting of recount funds received by the candidates, of course.  Al Franken is raising recount funds through this site and another.  The first site notes: Individuals can contribute up to $2300 for the recount effort, previous contributions to Al Franken for Senate do not count towards that […]

Political Party Time

Politicalpartytime.org is tracking campaign fundraisers and other political events around the country, like this event with Rep. Carolyn Maloney in Vail, Colorado.  Each event’s page contains contact information and a copy of the invitation, among other information.  For example, the Rep. Maloney solicitation notes that she is Chair of the Sub-committee on Financial Institutions and […]