When Congress passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in 1977 in the wake of a series of high profile “questionable payments” cases brought by the SEC, the U.S. was largely going it alone. Nevertheless, the Commission’s Volunteer Program resulted in …

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On Friday July 3, 2009, the markets, courts, SEC and most businesses are closed in celebration of the July 4th holiday. At this half way point in the year, the Securities and Exchange Commission is at a cross roads. On …

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