Gibson, Dunn’s 2009 Year End Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update was recently released and it’s available here. I picked FCPA prosecutions as one of 2009’s most important developments in this area of law and the firm’s update reflects the heightened attention to the FCPA. The firm’s update begins: “One can say without exaggeration that this […]
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A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution gets in under the wire
Via FCPA Professor blog comes word of a December 31st announcement in a Department of Justice Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution. According to the DOJ release, UTSI acknowledged responsibility (pursuant to a non-prosecution agreement) “for the actions of UTS-China [its wholly-owned subsidiary) and its employees and agents, who arranged and paid for employees of Chinese […]
FCPA Professor highlights interesting potential double standard
FCPA Professor Mike Koehler highlights an interesting potential double standard, in light of two recent news reports on Members of Congress enjoying trips abroad. “Good enough for thee, but nor for me?”