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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) indictments related to LATAM are unsealed

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2013

On April 5, 2013, the Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges against four former executives of BizJet International Sales and Support, Inc

NORDAM Group

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 21 2012

The NORDAM Group Inc., which provides aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to resolve FCPA claims brought against it by the DOJ

BizJet international settles with DOJ

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2012

The DOJ announced that BizJet International Sales and Support, a provider of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (“MRO”) services for aircraft based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, agreed to a $11.8 million settlement to settle charges that the company paid bribes to Latin American officials to secure contracts for providing MRO services for government entities

BizJet FCPA settlement illustrates the benefits of self-reporting and compliance

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 23 2012

On March 14, BizJet International Sales and Support, Inc. (“BizJet”), signed a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (”DPA”) with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the terms of which will allow it to pay $11.8 million to the United States in order to avoid criminal prosecution under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”

Corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • India, USA
  • -
  • February 20 2012

A Canadian media report has alleged that in 2007, minister for heavy industry, Mr Praful Patel, accepted $250,000 from an Indian-born Canadian citizen, Mr Nazir Karigar, during his tenure as civil aviation minister, to try and secure a $100 million contract for a facial-recognition system for Air India

SEC FCPA corruption investigation into fourth-biggest plane manufacturer, Embraer S.A

  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

Shares in the Brazilian-based airplane manufacturer, Embraer S.A. have declined substantially since the US Securities Exchange Commission recently announced its investigation into Embraer for possible violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Plaintiffs’ securities fraud case against Boeing survives, then collapses, based on reliance on purported “confidential witness”

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 15 2011

Since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with its heightened pleading standards for shareholder plaintiffs, it has become routine for plaintiffs' lawyers to load their federal securities class action complaints with allegations purportedly obtained from "confidential witnesses" (or "CWs"

Indiana's absolute litigation privilege applies in contract cases

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 22 2010

Among many other things, Rolls-Royce manufactures helicopter engines

Delivery delays don’t support fraud claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

An aircraft seller's fraud claims against a manufacturer were dismissed after a federal court in Connecticut ruled that the seller did not reasonably rely on a "target" delivery date and caused its own injuries by entering restrictive resale contracts

Managing cross-border legal and regulatory risks in aerospace and defense

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 7 2010

One lesson of the BAES plea is that the greatest legal and regulatory risk challenges facing the aerospace and defense industry are ITAR and FCPA compliance

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