ChamberECT - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Briefing

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Briefing

What Every Company Doing Business Abroad Needs To Know

November 3, 2010

Note: This seminar is being offered in two locations!

Morning Event in Hartford

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

One Constitution Plaza

Hartford CT 06103

Afternoon Event in Stamford

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

300 Atlantic Street

Stamford CT 06901

Register online at http://www.buyusa.gov/connecticut/fcpa.html

About this Seminar:

The Department of Justice, SEC, FBI, and other federal agencies have devoted unprecedented resources to detecting and prosecuting violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Violations are resulting in substantial penalties and prison sentences for those involved. Companies and their employees have been held liable even when they didn’t know about improper conduct by their agents and channel partners.

In this 90 Minute Briefing, Ross Garber, a partner with the Washington, D.C. and Hartford, Connecticut offices of Shipman & Goodwin LLP, will provide practical guidance on how you can avoid FCPA problems.

Among the topics that will be covered are:

    * FCPA Red Flags
    * New incentives for whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank law
    * Detection techniques employed by government agencies
    * Government focus on particular industries including medical device, pharmaceutical, military, and law enforcement products
    * Particular risks for business conducted in countries with state-owned enterprises, such as China.
    * Compliance with new U.K. bribery law.
    * Standards for an effective compliance program.
    * Preventing individual liability for executives, compliance personnel, finance officers and salespeople.

This 90 Minute Briefing will provide practical, useful guidance focused on preventing problems before they arise.