Recovering from a relatively slow start to the year, due in no small part to the global pandemic, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) Units of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) closed the year with a bang. With 32 combined FCPA enforcement actions, 51 total cases including ancillary enforcement, and a record-setting $2.78 billion in corporate fines and penalties (plus billions more collected by foreign regulators), 2020 marks another robust year in the annals of FCPA enforcement.
This client update provides an overview of the FCPA and other domestic and international anti-corruption enforcement, litigation, and policy developments from 2020, as well as the trends we see from this activity. We at Gibson Dunn are privileged to help our clients navigate these challenges daily and are honored again to have been ranked Number 1 in the
December 21, 2020
In Japan and the coalition government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (pictured) has reportedly published the concluding segment of its definitive criteria for those jurisdictions hoping to win the right to host one of the nation’s coming trio of integrated casino resorts.
According to a Sunday report from Inside Asian Gaming, the final section of the so-called ‘Basic Policy’ document lays out the specific rules for how public officials may now meet with representatives from any of the prospective host communities in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The source detailed that such discussions involving multiple national and local figures will now be required to take place within government buildings with attendees obliged to follow measures to prevent the spread of the potentially-deadly ailment.
Japan wants to promote casinos to address its economic worries The spread of the Covid 19 pandemic has paralyzed the world economy to a great extent during 2020 and the country of Japan is not an exception to that.
All the major economies went for bigger lockdowns, affecting all big and smaller economies to a great extent. During this time, people spend a lot of time playing online casinos from their Smartphone. Nowadays, with the advent of the Smartphone and the Internet, many online casinos have come into the market and this has lured more people to start playing casinos online. But before joining any online casino, one must check whether the site is reliable or not. Many Japanese casino players play through Thailand casinos and if you want any reliable casino, you can visit online-casino-thailand.com for further details. These casinos are quite reliable and you can play safely through them.
Dec 15, 2020
OSAKA – The Dec. 8 resignation of special Cabinet adviser Koya Nishikawa after it was revealed he participated in a boating trip funded by a Hiroshima egg farm now at the center of a bribery scandal was not just a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
Until he lost his Diet seat in 2017, Nishikawa had been a member of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party led by Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai.
Another Nikai faction member, Takamori Yoshikawa, is also involved in the scandal.
At different times, both men have also served as the faction’s secretary-general making them not just rank-and-file members but powerful executives.
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