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Can FCPA Compliance Be Good for Business? What the experts say …
9.12.2012
One of my favorite FCPA compliance visuals is the one about the ambulance and the cliff. The saying goes that it is much easier to park the ambulance on top of the cliff, where it can keep people from falling off, than it is to park it at the bottom, where it must pick up […]
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Three Perspectives on M&A FCPA Due Diligence
7.17.2012
A general counsel of a private equity firm recently told me that it is helpful for him to consider FCPA compliance issues through the lenses of the various actors involved. In that spirit, FCPAméricas offers three perspectives on M&A FCPA due diligence – from the FCPA enforcer, the acquirer, and the target. For background on […]
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Funciones del Asesoramiento Local en el Compliance (Una presentación en la Kellogg’s Latin America 2012 Partner’s Summit)
6.20.2012
El Doctor Matteson Ellis, especialista en la Ley sobre Anticorrupción de los Estados Unidos (FCPA), dio este discurso en español, el día 11 de junio de 2012, en la ciudad de Panamá, a 50 abogados de la región americana en la Cumbre de Socios (Partners Summit) auspiciada por Kellogg´s Latin America. A continuación se encuentra […]
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Local Counsel’s Role in Compliance (An Address to Kellogg’s Latin America 2012 Partners Summit)
6.20.2012
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) attorney Matteson Ellis gave this speech in Spanish on June 11, 2012, in Panama City, Panama, to 50 attorneys from throughout the Americas at the 2012 Partners Summit hosted by Kellogg’s Latin America. It is reprinted in English below with the permission of Kellogg’s Latin America. You can find […]
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Brazilian Foreign Bribery Bill: Things the Brazilian Congress Might Consider
5.25.2012
FCPAméricas recently reported on how the Brazilian business community is pushing back against the draft foreign bribery bill (6.826/2010) currently under consideration by the Brazilian Congress. Its complaints center around three features: successor liability, the level of proposed sanctions, and corporate strict liability. These features are described in detail in previous FCPAméricas posts (here and […]