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Reviewing Your Mexican (or Other) Operations for FCPA Compliance
5.11.2012
Does Wal-Mart have you worried about your Mexican operations? Is your Board asking you to make sure your business units do not have corruption problems that could put your picture in the New York Times (see a recent article in CFO discussing this growing dynamic)? Are you uncertain on where to start? In an earlier […]
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Wal-Mart’s Bribery in Mexico (Part 2: Insights into Specific Corruption Risks)
4.25.2012
A lot has been discussed about Wal-Mart over the last three days since the New York Times’ bribery story broke. FCPAméricas offered its initial thoughts in Part 1 of this series. The story will no doubt continue. Enforcement officials will eventually act. The ways in which the New York Times obtained such detailed information will […]
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The Biomet Case: Lessons from the latest FCPA settlement involving Latin America
3.30.2012
Earlier this week, a former colleague and skilled attorney, Lisa Prager, offered thoughts on compliance priorities in her article for Forbes entitled, “FCPA Compliance: Don’t Blow Your Budget Just Yet.” She advises companies to implement straightforward compliance programs and to target compliance efforts to the areas of business posing the highest corruption risks. Companies need […]
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Lunar New Year Gifts: It’s the Week After, Now What?
2.02.2012
Guest Blog Post – Today FCPAméricas features Farzad Barkhordari, the CEO & Founder of Click 4 Compliance, the world’s premier online compliance training company. There have been many articles and blogs on the importance of communicating limits on gift giving, red envelopes, moon cakes, etc. Some advocate bans, some point out the importance of clearly […]