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Ten Measures Proposed by the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service to Fight Corruption (Part I)
4.26.2016
The Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service launched a campaign last year to close ranks on corruption, proposing ten measures. The initiative is known as 10 Measures Against Corruption and, as of March 25, 2016, it had obtained 2,028,263 petitions from supporters around the country. On March 30th, it was delivered to Congress as a bill of […]
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Brazil Amends Leniency Agreement Rules under the BCCA
1.11.2016
By Esther Flesch, Bruno Maeda, Carlos Ayres, Erica Sarubbi, Leopoldo Pagotto, Camila Steinhoff, and Fernanda Bidlovsky* On December 21, 2015, the Brazilian President amended Law No. 12,846/13 (“Brazil Clean Companies Act” or “BCCA”), which has been in force since January 2014 and was regulated by Decree No. 8,420/2015 in March 2015 (see further details about […]
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Brazil’s “Car Wash” by the Numbers
12.18.2015
This guest post is from Eloy Rizzo, a senior attorney with the law firm KLA – Koury Lopes Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Rizzo focuses on anti-corruption and compliance issues, as well as on complex litigation. Mr. Rizzo currently interns at Miller & Chevalier’s anticorruption team in Washington, DC. The Brazilian Federal Prosecutor’s Office […]
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The Lack of Legal Certainty in BCCA Leniency Agreements
11.28.2015
This guest post is from Eloy Rizzo, a senior attorney with the law firm KLA – Koury Lopes Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Rizzo focuses on anti-corruption and compliance issues, as well as on complex litigation. Mr. Rizzo currently interns at Miller & Chevalier’s anticorruption team in Washington, DC. The Brazilian Clean Company Act […]
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6 Reasons to Have an Anti-Bribery Compliance Program
11.25.2015
An anti-bribery compliance program is a system of self-governance established by companies in order to prevent and detect bribery acts and remediate compliance failures. In a global marketplace, an effective anti-bribery compliance program is becoming a critical component of a company’s business model. There are various reasons for why a company should have such a […]