Robert M. Appleton, Partner, Day Pitney LLP, to Speak at KC’s FCPA Enforcement Actions: Significant Developments and Trends in 2015 Explored! Live Webcast
New York, NY, July 16, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Robert M. Appleton, Partner, Day Pitney LLP, will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “FCPA Enforcement Actions: Significant Developments and Trends in 2015 Explored! LIVE Webcast.” This event is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2015 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (ET).
For further details, please visit:
http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/fcpa-enforcement-actions-significant-developments-and-trends-in-2015-explored-live-webcast/
About Robert M. Appleton
Robert Appleton is a Partner in Day Pitney LLP, and a member of the White Collar Government Investigations and Practice Group. Mr. Appleton is a former Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney in the US Department of Justice (1992-2005) where he focused on major international prosecutions –including money laundering, FCPA, complex fraud, terror financing, weapons, embargoes and OFAC sanctions cases. He also has served as Special Counsel and then Chief Investigations Counsel to former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (2005-06) in the Iraqi Oil for Food Program Bribery Scandal, as the Chairman of the first ever United Nations Anti-Corruption Task Force (2006-2009), and as the Director of Investigations and Senior Legal Counsel to the Global Fund, based in Geneva, Switzerland between 2010 and 2014. He joined Day Pitney in June, 2014.
Mr. Appleton has over twenty five years of legal experience in international cases, including more than 20 years investigating and prosecuting FCPA cases throughout the world in his roles as a US federal prosecutor and with the Volcker Committee, UN and Global Fund. Mr. Appleton spent nearly 10 years abroad investigating corruption throughout the world, including considerable time in Asia and Africa addressing corruption cases and coordinating with world leaders to lessen incidents of corruption and strengthen country systems to prevent further occurrences of bribery and graft. He now represents all size corporate and individual clients throughout the world developing compliance programs and training employees in FCPA Sanctions, Anti Money Laundering and OFAC regulatory issues, and defending companies and Boards of Directors facing investigations and prosecutions.
About Day Pitney LLP
Day Pitney is a full service law firm spanning the northeast corridor, with offices in Boston, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut, New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Day Pitney has a very active White Collar and Government Investigations Practice, focusing upon, among other things, FCPA compliance and defense, securities, internal investigations, and general compliance services for all size companies. The unit has 15 members in its White Collar Group, including a number of former U.S. federal as well as New Jersey, Manhattan and Connecticut state prosecutors. The firm represents numerous Fortune 500 companies in white collar matters. Day Pitney has recently strengthened its practice in the White Collar area, adding in June, 2014 former senior U.S. and United Nations prosecutor Robert Appleton, who served as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker's Special and then Chief Investigative Counsel in the UN Iraqi Oil for Food investigation, and who was selected by the U.N. Secretary General to head the first ever anti-corruption task force in the Organization. Mr. Appleton has led, managed and conducted more than 600 international investigations on the front lines of corruption, throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the U.S. and Europe in his several anti-corruption roles.
Event Synopsis:
In 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) had a record breaking $772 million settlement with Alstom. 2015 may be a record-setting and dynamic year for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcements. The FCPA will cooperate with other agencies in pursuit of criminals using both basic and sophisticated tactics such as border searches, physical surveillance, wire-taps, body wires, and other means in investigating foreign bribery cases. Such tactics were used in investigations of BizJet International executives in Mexico and PetroTiger executives working in Colombia.
Companies and business managers should be aware of several trends that put them at risk. The FCPA will continue with aggressive investigations and multi-lateral co-operation will increase, penalties for violations may increase, and there will be a focus upon individuals for conspiracy and money laundering.
A panel of key thought leaders and practitioners assembled by The Knowledge Group will review the actions of the FCPA in 2014 and provide opinions and a discussion of the latest, Significant Developments and Trends in FCPA Enforcement Actions in 2015. The speakers will address whether the government’s priorities have been executed as promised and what companies should do to ensure compliance with FCPA regulations.
Key topics include:
· FCPA Enforcement Actions – 2014 Overview
· FCPA Trends in 2015
· The Risks of FCPA Liability
· Effects of Successor Liability
· FCPA Enforcement Reporting Requirements
· Alstrom, Bio-Rad, SBM Offshore, & Layne Christensen Enforcement Actions
· Regulatory Developments and Trends
· Expectations for Corporate Compliance Programs
· Non-Prosecution Agreements
· Use of Monitors
· Self-Reporting and Co-operation
· Whistle-blower Program
· International Cooperation
· Compliance and Litigation Risks
About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Congress was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/
For further details, please visit:
http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/fcpa-enforcement-actions-significant-developments-and-trends-in-2015-explored-live-webcast/
About Robert M. Appleton
Robert Appleton is a Partner in Day Pitney LLP, and a member of the White Collar Government Investigations and Practice Group. Mr. Appleton is a former Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney in the US Department of Justice (1992-2005) where he focused on major international prosecutions –including money laundering, FCPA, complex fraud, terror financing, weapons, embargoes and OFAC sanctions cases. He also has served as Special Counsel and then Chief Investigations Counsel to former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (2005-06) in the Iraqi Oil for Food Program Bribery Scandal, as the Chairman of the first ever United Nations Anti-Corruption Task Force (2006-2009), and as the Director of Investigations and Senior Legal Counsel to the Global Fund, based in Geneva, Switzerland between 2010 and 2014. He joined Day Pitney in June, 2014.
Mr. Appleton has over twenty five years of legal experience in international cases, including more than 20 years investigating and prosecuting FCPA cases throughout the world in his roles as a US federal prosecutor and with the Volcker Committee, UN and Global Fund. Mr. Appleton spent nearly 10 years abroad investigating corruption throughout the world, including considerable time in Asia and Africa addressing corruption cases and coordinating with world leaders to lessen incidents of corruption and strengthen country systems to prevent further occurrences of bribery and graft. He now represents all size corporate and individual clients throughout the world developing compliance programs and training employees in FCPA Sanctions, Anti Money Laundering and OFAC regulatory issues, and defending companies and Boards of Directors facing investigations and prosecutions.
About Day Pitney LLP
Day Pitney is a full service law firm spanning the northeast corridor, with offices in Boston, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut, New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Day Pitney has a very active White Collar and Government Investigations Practice, focusing upon, among other things, FCPA compliance and defense, securities, internal investigations, and general compliance services for all size companies. The unit has 15 members in its White Collar Group, including a number of former U.S. federal as well as New Jersey, Manhattan and Connecticut state prosecutors. The firm represents numerous Fortune 500 companies in white collar matters. Day Pitney has recently strengthened its practice in the White Collar area, adding in June, 2014 former senior U.S. and United Nations prosecutor Robert Appleton, who served as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker's Special and then Chief Investigative Counsel in the UN Iraqi Oil for Food investigation, and who was selected by the U.N. Secretary General to head the first ever anti-corruption task force in the Organization. Mr. Appleton has led, managed and conducted more than 600 international investigations on the front lines of corruption, throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the U.S. and Europe in his several anti-corruption roles.
Event Synopsis:
In 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) had a record breaking $772 million settlement with Alstom. 2015 may be a record-setting and dynamic year for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcements. The FCPA will cooperate with other agencies in pursuit of criminals using both basic and sophisticated tactics such as border searches, physical surveillance, wire-taps, body wires, and other means in investigating foreign bribery cases. Such tactics were used in investigations of BizJet International executives in Mexico and PetroTiger executives working in Colombia.
Companies and business managers should be aware of several trends that put them at risk. The FCPA will continue with aggressive investigations and multi-lateral co-operation will increase, penalties for violations may increase, and there will be a focus upon individuals for conspiracy and money laundering.
A panel of key thought leaders and practitioners assembled by The Knowledge Group will review the actions of the FCPA in 2014 and provide opinions and a discussion of the latest, Significant Developments and Trends in FCPA Enforcement Actions in 2015. The speakers will address whether the government’s priorities have been executed as promised and what companies should do to ensure compliance with FCPA regulations.
Key topics include:
· FCPA Enforcement Actions – 2014 Overview
· FCPA Trends in 2015
· The Risks of FCPA Liability
· Effects of Successor Liability
· FCPA Enforcement Reporting Requirements
· Alstrom, Bio-Rad, SBM Offshore, & Layne Christensen Enforcement Actions
· Regulatory Developments and Trends
· Expectations for Corporate Compliance Programs
· Non-Prosecution Agreements
· Use of Monitors
· Self-Reporting and Co-operation
· Whistle-blower Program
· International Cooperation
· Compliance and Litigation Risks
About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Congress was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/
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