2017年1月3日, 科文顿电子期刊

2016年12月29日，电线电缆产品全球制造商美国通用电缆公司（下称“通用电缆”）同意根据与美国司法部（下称“司法部”）达成的不起诉协议以及美国证券交易委员会（下称“证交会”）发出的停止与禁止令支付约7,580万美元，以就其违反《美国反海外腐败法》（下称“FCPA”）的反贿赂、账簿和记录及内部控制等条文的指控进行和解。该和解包括通用电缆对事实主张的承认但并不含刑事指控。该和解要求通用电缆向司法部支付2,050万美元的刑事罚金，并向证交会支付5,530万美元的非法所得和判决前利息。

October 7, 2016, Covington Alert

On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued letters of declination to NCH Corporation (“NCH”) and HMT LLC (“HMT”). Both companies are Texas-based “domestic concerns.” The letter to NCH, an industrial supply and maintenance company, relates to an investigation into possible violations of the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) based on alleged bribes paid by its Chinese subsidiary to Chinese state-owned customers. The letter to HMT, a company that manufactures, supplies, and services aboveground liquid storage tanks for oil and gas companies, relates to an investigation into possible violations of the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA based on alleged bribes paid by an HMT sales agent in Venezuela to Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PDVSA”) and bribes paid by an HMT distributor in China to state-owned customers.

May 6, 2016, Insight