Richard Alderman The legal marketing hysteria surrounding the UK Bribery Act is entertaining and surreal. Article after article, pitch after pitch focuses on the new D-Day: July 1, the effective date for the UK Bribery Act. Lawyers and commentators are trying to scare global companies into acting quickly to design and implement new compliance policies, or face the wrath of prosecutorial zeal. These claims...

 Richard Alderman The legal marketing hysteria surrounding the UK Bribery Act is entertaining and surreal. Article after article, pitch after pitch focuses on the new D-Day: July 1, the effective date for the UK Bribery Act. Lawyers and commentators are trying to scare global companies into acting quickly to design and implement new compliance policies, or face the wrath of prosecutorial zeal. These claims...

 Richard Alderman The legal marketing hysteria surrounding the UK Bribery Act is entertaining and surreal. Article after article, pitch after pitch focuses on the new D-Day: July 1, the effective date for the UK Bribery Act. Lawyers and commentators are trying to scare global companies into acting quickly to design and implement new compliance policies, or face the wrath of prosecutorial zeal. These claims...

One area where compliance officers and practitioners need to focus is on the requisite intent for a criminal violation. For compliance officers facing difficult policy choices on FCPA compliance policies, the touchstone of such policies should be the employee’s intent — was it criminal, negligent or benign?  It is one thing to have a policy which requires prior approval for any gift to a foreign...

The World Compliance FCPA Tour lands in our Nation’s Capitol on May 12, 2011, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Join me, Dick Cassin, owner of the FCPA Blog, and Ryan Morgan, World Compliance’s FCPA Specialist for an informative presentation and discussion on FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery and Compliance issues. The event is FREE and information is HERE.

The World Compliance FCPA Tour lands in our Nation’s Capitol on May 12, 2011, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Join me, Dick Cassin, owner of the FCPA Blog, and Ryan Morgan, World Compliance’s FCPA Specialist for an informative presentation and discussion on FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery and Compliance issues. The event is FREE and information is HERE.

The criminal trial of Lauren Stevens, Glaxo’s vice president and in-house counsel, begins tomorrow. There is a lot at stake besides the liberty of Lauren Stevens. The government claims that Stevens made false statements and obstructed justice in responding to the FDA’s informal inquiry letter in an off-label marketing investigation. Stevens claims she merely repeated information given to her by in-house and outside counsel, and...

The criminal trial of Lauren Stevens, Glaxo’s vice president and in-house counsel, begins tomorrow. There is a lot at stake besides the liberty of Lauren Stevens. The government claims that Stevens made false statements and obstructed justice in responding to the FDA’s informal inquiry letter in an off-label marketing investigation. Stevens claims she merely repeated information given to her by in-house and outside counsel, and...

In response to the aggressive enforcement environment, companies have been revising policies for travel, gifts, entertainment, and hospitality. As they do so, it is important for each company to consider these questions – What is the precise risk which is being addressed? How will the policy minimize the risk of bribery? How will internal accounting controls incorporate these policies? Companies know that the risks of...

The Obama Administration has forged a stronger economic relationship with India. For good reason – India’s economy is expected to grow by 8 percent in 2011. India’s GDP is only one-fourth the size of China’s GDP. Over the next forty years, India’s economy is expected to grow at a faster rate than China’s economy. Corruption in India is rampant. According to Transparency International, India ranks...