The SEC/DOJ release FCPA guidance *

USA - November 14 2012
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly released long awaited guidance on the SEC’s and DOJ’s approach to FCPA enforcement

Co-authors: Mark S. Radke.

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World Bank Group makes sanction board decisions public *

Global - June 1 2012
The World Bank Group (WBG) announced on Wednesday, May 30, it would begin publishing for the first time decisions issued by the WBG Sanctions Board in cases of alleged fraud and corruption.

Co-authors: Mark S. Radke.

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Morgan stanley gets cooperation credit in FCPA settlements: the de facto “adequate procedures” defense *

USA - May 4 2012
Imagine a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation that finds the managing director of a major investment bank responsible for real estate deals in China is bribing a Chinese government official to the tune of more than $5 million, and both the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice do not take any enforcement action against the investment bank.

Co-authors: Mark S. Radke.

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SEC charges life settlement company and three executives with fraud *

USA - January 5 2012
In a case filed Tuesday, January 3, 2012, the US Securities and Exchange Commission charges Nasdaq-listed Life Partners Holding Inc., which is based in Texas, and three of its senior executives for their involvement in an allegedly fraudulent disclosure and accounting scheme involving life settlements.

Co-authors: Julius A. Rousseau, III , Elliott M. Kroll, Mark S. Radke.

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DOJ’s first conviction of a corporation for FCPA violations reversed *

USA - December 2 2011
In an opinion dated on December 1, a federal court in California reversed the convictions of Lindsey Manufacturing Co. and two of its executives.

Co-authors: Mark S. Radke.

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