WalMex and the mordida, cont’d
I’ll be writing at more length about the New York Times’s story on Wal-Mart de Mexico’s payments to local officials, and the apparent sense of some in Bentonville that the issue would rest quietly if...
View ArticlePunitive moralism and Wal-Mart’s Mexico mess
I’ve got a new opinion piece up at the Daily Caller on some relevant angles of the unfolding Wal-Mart FCPA story, including the feds’ growing crackdown on low-level “facilitating payments” that had...
View ArticleMore re: FCPA, Wal-Mart and Mexico
Notwithstanding the tone of much coverage, companies are not legally required to disclose past FCPA violations to the government when they emerge: “It’s my understanding from in-house counsel that...
View ArticleFCPA: a success
At remedying the culture of bribery that afflicts so much of government in Mexico and other countries, the U.S.’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been an utter and rather absurd failure. But the law...
View ArticleCrime and punishment roundup
Some reps push to cut off federal funds for states with Stand Your Ground laws [Maguire, Just One Minute] Podcast and video of Cato’s panel discussion on SYG laws [and related from Tim Lynch]...
View ArticleInternational law roundup
Top Europe court: workers who happen to get sick on vacation legally entitled to another vacation [Tabarrok] U.N. rapporteur presses “right to food but not so much you grow obese” on Canada [UN,...
View ArticleAugust 23 roundup
Cross-examination could be awkward: “Top Nevada Court Says Attorney Son Can Represent Dad in Divorce From Mom” [ABA Journal] “Phoenix Woman Ordered to Not Give Out Water in 112 Degree Heat Because She...
View ArticleInternational law roundup
Pregaming U.S. v. Bond, case where SCOTUS could revisit Missouri v. Holland treaty-power doctrine [Duncan Hollis, OJ, earlier here, etc.] Military drones and international law: for...
View ArticleInternational law roundup
U.N. children’s-rights treaty oversight committee seeks ban on foundling baby boxes [Global Post, Telegraph, Vancouver Province] BoJo has mojo: as sentiment burgeons in UK to quit European Union in...
View ArticleDecember 26 roundup
L.A. County assessor, though in jail, will keep drawing $197K salary plus raise [LAT] IRS lowers the regulatory boom on tax preparers [Institute for Justice video, auto-plays] On Wal-Mart Mexico...
View ArticleYou were wrong to pay out that money. Now disgorge it.
On Ralph Lauren’s agreement with prosecutors to settle charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that its agents improperly bribed officials in Argentina to allow goods to move through trade...
View ArticlePolice and prosecution roundup
Arkansas: “‘Corruption of Blood’ Amendment Withdrawn After House Supporter Is Reminded What Century It Is” [Above the Law] George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case heads for trial [TalkLeft, Doug...
View ArticleAugust 2 roundup
Radley Balko on a roll with harrowing, Louisiana-focused piece on misbehaving prosecutors and the system that protects them [HuffPo] “Former Cops Speak Out About Police Militarization” And a BBC...
View ArticleUsing NSA spy data to go after…FCPA violators?
The implications are mind-boggling [Houston Chronicle/Connecticut Post via NACDL via Americans for Forfeiture Reform, earlier] On paper, NSA is supposed to turn over spy-collected data only if evidence...
View ArticleComing soon: Washington, D.C. starts investigating itself
“News crossed this weekend that U.S. bank JP Morgan is being investigated by U.S. regulators for hiring well-connected people in China. Specifically, the bank is said to be under investigation for...
View ArticleFebruary 3 roundup
“Class counsel in Facebook ‘Sponsored Stories’ case seeks to impose $32,000 appeal bond on class-action objectors” [Public Citizen, Center for Class Action Fairness] The best piece on bar fight...
View ArticlePolice and prosecution roundup
Virginia Gov. McAuliffe vetoes bill expanding procedural rights for motorists facing camera tickets [The Newspaper] Attracting drug deals to town was money-making scheme for a Florida community’s law...
View ArticleBanking and finance roundup
In banking and FCPA cases, targets of DOJ prosecution are disproportionately firms domiciled abroad, and other countries do notice that [Jesse Eisinger, NYT "DealBook"] “Los Angeles’ Confused Suit...
View ArticleDOJ closes FCPA investigation of drugmaker without filing charges
And it only took 11 years [WSJ] Related: never mind what DOJ’s criminal fraud chief wrote, says Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, we’ll tighten screws further on FCPA [David Baumann] Tags:...
View ArticleThank goodness this sort of thing doesn’t happen in politics or the media
“The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that BNY Mellon has agreed to pay $14.8 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by providing valuable...
View Article
