Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 16 Apr 2012
Medical device company Biomet has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as parallel criminal charges by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 18 Nov 2011
SciClone and certain of its directors and officers have agreed to settle the consolidated derivative lawsuits that were filed following the company’s announcement that it was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible FCPA violations.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | China, USA | 27 Sep 2011
In an SEC filing, Massachusetts-based software company Parametric Technology Corp. disclosed that it has notifed the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the SEC that it is conducting an internal investigation into possible FCPA violations by its business partners in China.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2011
Armor Holdings, Inc. (“Armor”), the maker of military trucks, has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve claims that it bribed a United Nations official to win contracts connected to peacekeeping missions.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2011
A federal judge dismissed a case against Parker Drilling in which a shareholder accused executives of bribing officials in Kazakhstan and Nigeria.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 24 Jun 2011
Layne Christensen is another company facing an investigation by a law firm that represents shareholders in class actions against publicly traded companies.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 24 Jun 2011
In an effort to solicit members for a class action, two law firms that represent shareholders in class actions against publicly traded companies are investigating certain officers and directors of Eli Lilly.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2011
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (“Maxwell”) have settled FCPA charges with the DOJ as well as the SEC.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Mexico, USA | 22 Oct 2010
In late September, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB with various violations of the FCPA.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | USA | 23 Jul 2010
A joint venture between Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V (Snamprogetti), Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. (KBR), Technip S.A (Technip) and the Japanese engineering and construction company (JGC) was formed to bid for and to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth more than $6 billion in Nigeria.