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KBR and Halliburton Settle FCPA Charges Involving Nigerian Contracts
The SEC announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges that KBR subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root LLC bribed Nigerian government officials over a 10-year period, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in...

SEC Files Settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges Against Siemens AG for Engaging in Worldwide Bribery With Total Disgorgement and Criminal Fines of Over $1.6 Billion
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled enforcement action on December 12, 2008, in the U...

With $579M Payment, Halliburton, KBR Close ?Unfortunate Chapter?
Together, Halliburton and KBR agreed to pay $579 million in fines to settle SEC and DOJ charges, the largest ever paid by U...

China And The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) -- Not Just For Americans Any More
The WSJ China Journal (a really good blog we just added to our blogroll) has a post, entitled, "China?s Tricky Terrain on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," interviewing Richard Grime, an attorney with LA based mega-firm, O'Melveny & Myers...

Beware Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Traps
Companies in the United States often undertake extensive promotional activities to market and sell their products throughout the world...

Halliburton Breaks FCPA Settlement Record for U.S. Companies
Last month, Siemens broke a record for settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, when it settled for $800 million — almost 20 times higher than the largest previous penalty under the FCPA...

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

Can a collection acgency collection on a debt that has been removed from my credit report?
Send them a certified Verification of Debt letter. By law they have 30 days to s...

Who do I sue if my car was towed illegally to make room for a street repaving?
It is understandable that you feel offended in this matter. From your point-of-v...

I was charged with a petty larceny crime for stolen checks and ordered only to pay restitution. No time no probation, and i paid the restitution. could any other charges or cases be brought up against me?
The government is very peculiar when you think you know them they do something o...

Schwan's Frozen Chicken
Recalled for Foreign Materials

EPA Violations
Riverside Cement to pay $384,000 for air quality violations.

Signal International
allegedly lured foreign workers to US shipyards with false promises of permanent resident status.

Stanbdard Oil
Faces Class Action Over Tax Charges

Wal-Mart
Avoids Criminal Charges over Clerk's Death

Google Inc.
alleging deceptive charges for ads displayed on third party web sites.