Saw this mentioned on the FCPA Blog last week. The passing of the Financial Reform Bill is likely to yield even more FCPA cases for the SEC to pursue, as the bill has what is being called a “whistleblower bounty” in it. In other words, whistleblowers who reveal securities law violations...

As the federal government continues to enthusiastically enforce the FCPA, another US corporation was forced to pony up for shady dealings in China. Veraz, a Calif.-based VOiP provider, recently paid a $300,000 civil penalty after an SEC investigation pushed the company into self-reporting FCPA...