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Miller & Chevalier Releases Results of 2016 Latin America Corruption Survey
8.08.2016
Despite more than three-quarters of businesspeople indicating that their country’s anti-corruption laws are ineffective, the 2016 Latin America Corruption Survey released by Miller & Chevalier Chartered and 13 partner firms shows marked signs of regionwide improvement in corporate compliance measures. In April and May 2016, Miller & Chevalier and 13 Latin American partner firms distributed […]
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The “TCA”: Colombia’s New Foreign Bribery Law
4.22.2016
This post was also co-authored by Alice Hsieh, an Associate at Miller & Chevalier. On February 2, 2016 Colombia’s President enacted Law 1778, known as the Transnational Corruption Act (“TCA”), the country’s first foreign bribery law. The law helps Colombia meet its commitments under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. It bolsters the country’s enforcement regime and […]
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An Emerging Anti-Corruption Culture in Colombia? One Recent Case Suggests So
1.14.2016
The following guest post is from Luis Lizarralde, a Certified Fraud Examiner and Colombian attorney with experience in cross border transactions. The recent prosecution in Colombia of Alvaro Cruz, the former Governor of the Department of Cundinamarca, tells us many different things about corruption in Colombia. It highlights the persistent corruption risks in the construction […]
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Antitrust Enforcement Trends in Latin America
4.06.2015
By: Ana Paula Martinez, Mariana Tavares de Araujo With so much emphasis in Latin America lately on the enforcement of anti-corruption laws like the FCPA, companies should not lose sight of the fact that antitrust enforcement in countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru is now well-established as well. For example, since Brazil’s current competition […]
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Living the Cliché at PetroTiger
2.06.2014
The DOJ’s PetroTiger press release reads like an overblown caricature of an FCPA case: top executives of an oil and gas company formed in the British Virgin Islands, with offices in New Jersey and operations in Colombia, allegedly paid approximately $250,000 to a Colombian government official in exchange for lucrative government contracts. It is tempting […]