FCPAméricas Blog
An Update: What to Expect from the Upcoming Regulation of Brazil’s New Anti-Bribery Law
4.09.2014
Brazil’s new Anti-Bribery Law gives credit to companies that have compliance programs in place and requires the Federal Government to issue a regulation on compliance programs. More than two months after the Law came into force, the regulation has not yet been published.
The Office of the Federal Comptroller General (“CGU“), the body with authority to investigate and sanction illegal acts prohibited by the law that are committed against foreign Public Administrations (CGU also has concurrent authority to investigate loc... Read more
An Opportunity for Latin American Students to Study Anti-Corruption Law in the United States
4.04.2014
Interest in international anti-corruption law is quickly growing in Latin America. Now there is a special program for aspiring leaders in this area to study in the United States.
TRACE International offers a new Scholar Program that will fully fund, with tuition, lodging and travel, two international LLM students from developing countries to pursue studies related to strategies and tools for increasing transparency and reducing corruption. TRACE Scholars will spend an academic year at one of two universities, followed by a paid summer internship at TRACE headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland.
TRACE Scholars will have a demonstrated interest in anti-corruption efforts and will write their LLM thesis on a subject related to anti-corrup... Read more
Three Not-To-Miss Anti-Corruption Conferences in Latin America in May
4.01.2014
Latin America continues to wake up to anti-corruption compliance. These three conferences in May provide great opportunities in the region to learn more.
IBA’s ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE (Mexico City, May 12-13). The International Bar Association’s conference explores “The Fight Against Corruption in Latin America: Implications for Lawyers.” It is co-chaired by the IBA’s Anti-Corruption Committee and ICC Mexico’s Anti-Corruption Committee. Topics include anti-corruption compliance programs, enforcement trends, and internal investigations. To learn more and register, go here.
ACI’S 4th LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION (São Paulo, May 14-1... Read more
