The importance of compliance officers in today’s business is on the rise. This trend reflects the increasing importance of risk management and proactive compliance to minimize those risks. But there is more for a compliance officer to do then simply manage and minimize risks. Indeed, the role of the compliance officer needs to extend into day-to-day business operations; the more this occurs the better off...
What if – and this is a big what if – your company is starting from scratch on its anti-corruption compliance program? Your company’s Code of Conduct includes a paragraph prohibiting foreign bribery and mandating accurate books and records, and says little more. Some companies are able to relate to these questions. At the outset, your company has to recognize a couple of reality checks...
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...
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...
