Never mind that …, “foreign official” charges, scrutiny alert, ISO-37001 related, and ethics inquiry up north. It’s all here in the Friday roundup.
Never Mind That …
Never mind that Cobalt International – not once, but twice – beat back the government in connection with FCPA scrutiny in Angola (see prior posts here and here as well as this podcast).
Nevertheless, a federal court judge recently approved an approximate $175 million settlement of investor class action claims alleging various securities laws violations by Cobalt related to its FCPA scrutiny (see here). As to the plaintiffs’ lawyers, well they get 25% of that amount plus approximately $2 million in reimbursement of litigation expenses.
