Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Argentina, China, Czech Republic, etc. | 21 Jul 2014
Two executives of oil drilling contractor Noble Corp. settled bribery charges with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission just days…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Australia, Brazil, China, etc. | 4 Oct 2013
Further evidence of the trend toward civil actions arising out of various governments’ anti-bribery investigations may be found in the case of…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Global, United Kingdom, USA | 21 Jun 2013
French oil and gas giant Total SA has entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement ("DPA") with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") to…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Croatia, India, Kazakhstan, etc. | 17 May 2013
Total SA, the French oil and gas giant, announced in its third quarter earnings release that it has set aside 308 million Euros ($398 million) to pay…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Canada, India, Indonesia, etc. | 29 Apr 2013
On April 22, 2013, Ralph Lauren Corporation entered into non-prosecution agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Global, United Kingdom, USA | 22 Mar 2013
Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been found guilty of 24 charges ranging from racketeering to bribery. The verdict followed over 70 days of…
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 | United Kingdom | 21 Aug 2012
According to Scotland Yard, two journalists have been arrested by detectives investigating alleged corrupt payments to public officials.