One of the eleven defendants charged in the online poker criminal case in the New York has plead guilty and agreed to cooperate. Bradley Franzen plead guilty in court today and admitted to assisting oinline poker companies to process their internet gambling transactions. Mr. Franzen’s company aided the copnspiracy by matching online poker sites with electronic-payment processors. He admitted that he matched such services and sought to...
Check out my article as a guest contributor on The FCPA Professor Site: HERE
Check out my article as a guest contributor on The FCPA Professor Site: HERE
Check out my article as a guest contributor on The FCPA Professor Site: HERE
On May 10, 2011, US District Court Judge Roger W. Titus dismissed the criminal case against GlaxoSmithKline’s in-house counsel, Laura Stevens for obstruction of justice and false statements made to the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). From the bench, he read a searing statement against the government’s prosecution stating that the case “should never have been prosecuted” and that Ms. Stevens “should be permitted...
Guest Post from Tiffany Kemp, Devant Limited Here in the UK, there has been much excitement about the implementation of the new Bribery Act, which comes into force on the 1st July 2011. “Experts” have appeared from nowhere, training courses abound, and consultants around the world have woken up to the enticing smell of new revenue opportunities. As compliance officers worry about how to implement...
Guest Post from Tiffany Kemp, Devant Limited Here in the UK, there has been much excitement about the implementation of the new Bribery Act, which comes into force on the 1st July 2011. “Experts” have appeared from nowhere, training courses abound, and consultants around the world have woken up to the enticing smell of new revenue opportunities. As compliance officers worry about how to implement...
Corporate Board members face even more risks in today’s aggressive FCPA enforcement environment. They have adjusted to the new post-Sarbanes-Oxley environment. Today, they face the perils of FCPA enforcement. As the Justice Department and the SEC bear down on more and more companies, Board members have to be even more sensitive and careful when it comes to FCPA enforcement. If you read between the lines...
Corporate Board members face even more risks in today’s aggressive FCPA enforcement environment. They have adjusted to the new post-Sarbanes-Oxley environment. Today, they face the perils of FCPA enforcement. As the Justice Department and the SEC bear down on more and more companies, Board members have to be even more sensitive and careful when it comes to FCPA enforcement. If you read between the lines...
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...
