Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 21 Feb 2013
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss the SEC’s charges against three foreign…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Global, United Kingdom, USA | 21 Dec 2012
Several U.S. mayors are on trial for, under investigation for, or have just been found guilty of charges related to extortion and bribery. A brief rundown:…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Austria, Croatia, France, etc. | 27 Nov 2012
The investigation of Wal-Mart’s potential FCPA violations has expanded beyond Mexican borders.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, etc. | 22 Oct 2012
Last month Tyco International Ltd. agreed to pay $26.8 million to resolve U.S. charges that it paid bribes to officials of foreign governments and misreported such payments, in violation of the FCPA.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 22 Mar 2011
Anti-corruption enforcement activity is continuing to increase.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Kyrgyzstan, USA | 22 Mar 2011
Kyrgyzstan is implementing an innovative project to reduce foreign investors' exposure to corruption risk in the small and medium enterprise ("SME") sector.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | United Kingdom | 22 Mar 2011
The UK based subsidiary of Kellogg Brown & Root ("KBR"), MW Kellogg Limited ("MWKL"), is to pay £7 million to settle a case with the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") connected to bribery and corruption involving its parent company in Nigeria.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | United Kingdom | 22 Mar 2011
British solicitor, Mr. Jeffrey Tesler is the latest person to plead guilty in connection with the TSKJ consortium and the EPC contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 22 Mar 2011
In early March, Kraft reported in public filings that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) is investigating possible corruption at an Indian facility of the company's Cadbury unit.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 22 Mar 2011
Maxwell recently reported that it will pay $14.35 million to settle FCPA charges brought by the SEC and the DOJ.