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Anti-Corruption

Lessons from a Record Year for Whistleblowers: It was also a big year for FCPA tips and fines—was your company listening?

Last year was noteworthy for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program. It included a record number of whistleblower awards; the first reported whistleblower award in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case; a record year for FCPA tips; and a first-of-its-kind action...

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Anti-Corruption

Fighting Corruption Should Be a Government, Corporate and Global Effort: More emphasis should be placed on incentivizing compliance

Last year was the biggest enforcement year for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases handled by the fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. The year also illustrated an unprecedented level of multijurisdictional deferred prosecution agreements involving not only the...

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Anti-Corruption

Managing Acquired Risk: Global expansion is perilous, but integration is the biggest risk of all

Metropolitan Corporate Counsel wrapped up its 2016 series examining global risk with a fourth roundtable dinner – again co-hosted by Clifford Chance – on November 10 at Marea in New York City. The topic for the finale was how to safely manage the risks that companies take on as...

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