Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, is expected to pay around $30 million in penalties to settle charges stemming from its use of Panalpina as an agent in Nigeria…
Law Blog October 15, 2010
The FCPA Steamroller Nears Panalpina, Royal Dutch Shell
We began hearing that the Justice Department was ramping up its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sometime in 2006.
Last week, the WSJs Dionne Searcey broke the news of the Justice Departments investigation of oil-services company Schlumberger for alleged bribery-related activity in Yemen. Todays news: A big Swiss shipping and logistics company and Royal Dutch Shell, one of its customers, are close to settling foreign-bribery charges stemming from a three-year U.S. investigation. Click here for the story, from the WSJs Kara Scannell and Thomas Catan. Click here for a sidebar from Searcey on the revitalization of the law.