Previous posts here and here covered the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against WPP plc (the world’s largest advertising group).
An interesting backstory to the WPP enforcement action is that in 2000 WPP merged with Young & Rubicam Inc. pursuant to which Y&R joined the WPP group of companies (see here).
For FCPA history buffs, in 1989 Y&R (along with executives Arthur Klein, Thomas Spangenberg and others) were charged with FCPA violations. (See here for the prior post).
As repeated below, it was, and remains, one of the most interesting FCPA enforcement actions of all time.
