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Tag Archives: Corporate compliance violations

Lindsey Manufacturing Exonerated – What Is The Lesson?

Posted in FCPA/Anti-Corruption, Uncategorized

On December 1, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California Howard Matz vacated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) convictions of Lindsey Manufacturing (“LMC”) and its executives Keith Lindsey and Steve Lee (collectively, “Lindsey Defendants”), citing numerous instances of misconduct by the prosecutors–prosecutors once so proud of the jury convictions of Lindsey, et… Continue Reading

Shareholders Seek Their Money Back

Posted in Anti-Trust/Competition Law, Corporate Counsel, Customs Law, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, FCPA/Anti-Corruption, Uncategorized

Published originally by the Journal of Commerce in November 2011. Proving yet again that shareholders are no longer willing to tolerate systemic shortcomings from those in charge of public companies, the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System has filed a shareholders derivative lawsuit in the Southern District of New York[1] against the officers and directors… Continue Reading