FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

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In a record-setting FCPA enforcement action, Swedish company Ericsson paid the U.S. government $1.06 billion for bribery schemes in Djibouti, China, Vietnam, Kuwait, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. This post highlights additional issues to consider from the Ericsson enforcement action.

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

As highlighted here, the Bribery Risk Matrix recently released by Trace International restates the obvious.

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The next stop for the FCPA Institute (a unique two-day event for professionals seeking to elevate their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act knowledge and skills) is Houston on March 26-27, 2020 in an event hosted by King & Spalding LLP.

Since 2014, the FCPA Institute has elevated the FCPA knowledge and practical skills of approximately 250 diverse professionals through active learning and this link introduces you to the FCPA Institute; how the FCPA Institute is different than other FCPA conferences; the substantive knowledge and practical skills participants gain by attending the FCPA Institute; and what prior FCPA Institute “graduates” have said about their experience.

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

This post discusses how the SEC’s case against former Cognizant executives Coburn and Schwartz has been stayed due to the parallel criminal case.

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FCPA Professor has been described as “the Wall Street Journal concerning all things FCPA-related,” and “the most authoritative source for those seeking to understand and apply the FCPA.”

Set forth below are the topics discussed this week on FCPA Professor.

This post excerpts a recent speech by Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski on corporate compliance and highlights his odd use of the term “deterrence.”

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