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Trends in FCPA and international anti-corruption enforcement

  • Jones Day
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  • Global, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 27 2011

Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) reached unprecedented levels in 2010, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) levied double the financial penalties imposed in 2009

UK Bribery Act makes business a bit slippery for oil & gas industry

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 3 2011

On November 4, 2010, U.S.-based Panalpina, Inc. (and its parent Panalpina World Transport Holding Ltd.) (Panalpina), a Swiss freight forwarding company, along with six other companies in the oil & gas industry, settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA) charges with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC

Anticorruption compliance & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act alert

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 19 2011

The UK Bribery Act is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2011, and according to a recent study by Ernst & Young, it will hit the oil and gas industry the hardest

US, UK, Canada announce new and expanded Iran sanctions increasing risks to persons conducting business with Iran

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Canada, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 23 2011

On November 21, the US Government, along with the United Kingdom and Canada, announced significantly expanded energy-related sanctions against Iran

SFO obtains convictions in private sector oil and gas corruption case

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 16 2012

The UK Serious Fraud Office has recently obtained convictions against four individuals who received corrupt payments in return for the disclosure of confidential procurement information relating to the award of £66 million offshore oil and gas engineering contracts in Iran, Egypt, Russia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi

Minimising corruption risk from counterparties in the natural resources sector

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 5 2012

As regulators and prosecutors around the world increase their efforts to combat corruption and bribery, companies need to monitor the actions of third parties as closely as those of their own employees