Guides published by T. Markus Funk

OECD Gives Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts High Marks

Mar 22, 2011

The OECD has criticized other signatory nations for not living up to their anti-bribery obligations, and in its just released report also identifies certain discrete areas for U.S. improvement. But the...

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Don't Pay for the Misdeeds of Others: Intro to Avoiding Foreign Third-Party FCPA Liability

Jan 29, 2011

2010 was nothing short ofa breakout year for the reinvigorated criminal and regulatory enforcers of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). And the governments ever intensifying FCPA enforcement ef...

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Sentencing Guideline Amendments Relax Criteria for Defendant Companies Seeking Fine Reduction

Nov 03, 2010

Amendment Axes 20-Year-Old Categorical Bar on Fine Reduction Since the adoption of the Sentencing Guidelines some 20 years ago, Section 8C2.5(f) has enabled corporate defendants that are able to demo...

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OECD Report's Targeted Recommendations (Part 5 of a 5-Part Series)

Nov 03, 2010

Transitioning from the descriptive to the proscriptive, the October 21, 2010, OECD Phase 3 report also contains a number of specific reform recommendations: Continue transnational law enforcement co...

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OECD Phase 3 Report's General Findings (Part 4 of a 5-Part Series)

Nov 03, 2010

OECD Phase 3 Report's General Findings The 68-page OECD Phase 3 report, issued on October 21, 2010, represents what some regard as the largest available collection of statistics and other informatio...

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U.S. Administration Anti-Corruption Message: This Is Only The Beginning (Part 3 of a 5-Part Series)

Nov 03, 2010

Although non-prosecution agreements and deferred prosecution agreements have been in use since the early 1990s, the October 21, 2010, OECD Phase 3 report points out that only in recent have they become...

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U.S. Anti-Corruption Efforts At An All-Time High (Part 2 of a 5-Part Series)

Nov 03, 2010

The U.S. government has placed the fight against bribery of foreign public officials at the top of its list of critical law enforcement priorities. The October 21, 2010, OECD Phase 3 report concludes t...

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High Marks for Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts (Part 1 of a 5-Part Series)

Nov 03, 2010

On October 21, 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued its much-anticipated "Phase 3" report. This weighty report formally grades the U.S.'s constantly constrictin...

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High OECD Marks for Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts

Oct 24, 2010

Much-Anticipated Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report formally grades the U.S.'s anti-bribery enforcement effort. Report concludes that U.S. efforts provide a model ot...

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CHARGES THAT STING: “HONEY LAUNDERING” INDICTMENT HERALDING NEW ERA OF OBSTRUCTION PROSECUTIONS?

Oct 24, 2010

On September 1, 2010, the Federal Government raised to a new level its increasingly active anti-obstruction stance. On that day, Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald stood before a packed press ...

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T. Markus Funk's Legal Guides (10)

OECD Gives Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts High Marks

Don't Pay for the Misdeeds of Others: Intro to Avoiding Foreign Third-Party FCPA Liability

Sentencing Guideline Amendments Relax Criteria for Defendant Companies Seeking Fine Reduction

OECD Report's Targeted Recommendations (Part 5 of a 5-Part Series)

OECD Phase 3 Report's General Findings (Part 4 of a 5-Part Series)

U.S. Administration Anti-Corruption Message: This Is Only The Beginning (Part 3 of a 5-Part Series)

U.S. Anti-Corruption Efforts At An All-Time High (Part 2 of a 5-Part Series)

High Marks for Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts (Part 1 of a 5-Part Series)

High OECD Marks for Mounting U.S. Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts

CHARGES THAT STING: “HONEY LAUNDERING” INDICTMENT HERALDING NEW ERA OF OBSTRUCTION PROSECUTIONS?