Category: FCPA

Shell and Panalpina

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 19, 2009
Categories In FCPA

Shell’s U.S. subsidiary disclosed that it was contacted by DOJ in the course of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation, according to the FCPA Blog. Shell is the first major oil and gas producer we know of to be named in the Panalpina investigation. Before this, oil and gas services firms were disclosed as […]

KBR and Halliburton Hit in FCPA Case

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 12, 2009
Categories In FCPA

KBR and Halliburton got hit with fines related to activities abroad. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a press release here on the settlement of the matters. KBR and Halliburton have agreed to pay $177 million in disgorgement to settle the SEC’s charges. Kellogg Brown & Root LLC has agreed to pay a $402 million […]

FCPA Prosecution

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 22, 2008
Categories In FCPA

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 […]