WorldCompliance: Is Your Organization Compliant with the FCPA?

MIAMI, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 1977, U.S. companies doing business overseas have been liable to the sanctions imposed by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. With the increasingly aggressive enforcement on the part of the Justice Department, companies are under heightened scrutiny to comply. For reference, the Justice Department's foreign bribery unit, part of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section, accounted for $1 billion in penalties during 2010, the most ever recorded in the 38-year history of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Despite this, a large swath of corporate America is still in the dark concerning the FCPA and many still do not have a proper due diligence process in place to prevent an FCPA infraction.

For this purpose WorldCompliance in association with Richard Cassin (FCPA Blog founder) and Michael Volkov, litigation partner with Mayer Brown, invite you to the WorldCompliance FCPA Strategy Planning Tour. The team will visit several markets throughout the year, including Houston, Palo Alto, Washington DC, New York and Boston.

Sign up for the Houston event

Join the team on March 10, 2011 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak for an in-depth discussion of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The event will focus on real-world situations which arise in the business world, including identifying risks and developing strategies for compliance while minimizing legal risks.  Hear case studies covering the myriad risks that exist with foreign subsidiaries, vendors and third party agents. Share your concerns with a team of experts with a variety of real-world experiences in FCPA compliance.  

The event is complimentary but seating is limited, click on the link to reserve your place today at:

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=myqi4pcab&oeidk=a07e3dkn0xfce6f0de9

Request the handbook

WorldCompliance has created a combined FCPA/UK Bribery Act pocket handbook. This unique reference guide will allow you to view the key points for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act, while showing a comparison table in the middle of the handbook to help you when designing a uniform anti-corruption program.  

To order you're complimentary handbook, please click on the following link:

http://www.fcpahandbook.info/

The speakers

Richard L. Cassin

Richard Cassin is the creator and principal writer of the FCPA Blog. Over the years, he has presented his ideas about the FCPA and anti-corruption enforcement to Silicon Valley CEOs, international bankers, law professors, company boards and management, auditors, journalists, students, and others.

He dissects enforcement practices and policies and interprets their long and short-term implications.

Cassin's articles about compliance have appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Asia), the Financial Times, the Business Times (Singapore) and many other leading publications. His influential opinions are often cited in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal Online, Business Week, Compliance Week, Bloomberg's news wire, and others. 

Contact information

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Michael Volkov

Mr. Volkov is a litigation partner with Mayer Brown who focuses on trial practice, white collar defense and complex internal investigations. He was a federal prosecutor for 17 years; a Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Judiciary Committee; a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice; and a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division. He has practiced in the District of Columbia for nearly 30 years. Mr. Volkov has extensive criminal trial practice - over 75 criminal jury trials.

With his extensive contacts in Washington, D.C., Mr. Volkov brings a unique problem solving approach to clients - solutions to complex problems may involve a coordinated approach, including the design and implementation of an internal investigation, contacts with key policy makers on Capitol Hill, or negotiation of solutions in the Department of Justice or a specific US Attorney's Office.

Contact information

[email protected]

Ryan Morgan

FCPA Specialist

Ryan is the FCPA Specialist for WorldCompliance, offering clients' insight on risk evaluation, implementing effective due diligence policies, as well as best practices in protecting their company's reputation. In this position, Ryan has worked with Fortune 500 companies as well as financial institutions around the world to develop effective anti-corruption policies and procedures.

Mr. Morgan has attended industry conferences focused on preventing corruption, money laundering, and terrorism financing all over the world. He has also participated in workshops where he consulted the US government on ways to fight drug trafficking in the US and Latin America.

Contact information

[email protected]

About WorldCompliance

As an Open Source Intelligence Company, our expertise lies in enabling customers to identify high-risk individuals and organizations amongst suppliers, vendors and clients.

Our services help organizations to combat money laundering, fraud and terrorist financing among other criminal activity. We help them comply with a multitude of worldwide legislations, ranging from The U.S. Patriot Act to The Third EU Money Laundering Directive, FCPA and the UK Bribery Bill Act.  

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