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Photo Credit: Robert (via Flickr) In January 2017, Rolls-Royce, one of the world’s largest luxury-car and aircraft engine manufacturers, agreed to pay $800 million in a global settlement with the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and Brazilian prosecutors. Rolls-Royce acknowledged that in the course of three decades it… Read More

Photo credit: Flickr For years, France has faced international criticism for its loose enforcement towards corruption. As a result, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has imposed severe sanctions on French companies. On November 8, 2016, France sealed the first step in a renewed campaign to tackle the problem of corruption by adopting a new… Read More

Known as “The FCPA Professor” for his highly trafficked blog, Southern Illinois University Law Professor Mike Koehler spoke in Washington, DC on October 2, 2014 about what he sees as flaws in the way FCPA enforcement is carried out. In his latest book, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a New Era, Koehler dissects recent developments… Read More