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Former FIFA official Valcke’s conviction,…

MLex Summary: The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence imposed on Jérôme Valcke, the former secretary general of soccer world governing body FIFA, ruling that they were in accordance with Swiss law.

Source: law360

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fraud Convictions Upheld for Massachusetts…

The First Circuit upheld fraud convictions of two Massachusetts State Police officers for bilking overtime pay from federal contracts.

Source: BLaw

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:08:03 GMT

Mexican businessman seeks to set aside US…

MLex Summary: Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez has asked a US judge to set aside the jury’s verdict convicting him of corruption charges stemming from a scheme to bribe officials of Mexico’s state-owned oil company for contracts. Rovirosa also asked for his release pending sentencing and appeal.

Source: law360

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

US indicts two people, three companies, al…

MLex Summary: The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced charges against Chinese national Jinhua Wang, San Francisco businessman Xin Mian Pan, and three Chinese and Bay Area companies owned by the two, alleging they participated in a scheme to circumvent more than $100 million in anti-dumping duties on furniture.

Source: law360

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Businessman ‘Fat’ Leonard’s prison sentenc…

MLex Summary: The 15-year prison sentence imposed on Leonard “Fat Leonard” Glenn Francis, a Malaysian businessman and the mastermind of a bribery and fraud scheme targeting the US Navy, was upheld by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. “Francis’s sentence is not substantively unreasonable,” the court ruled.

Source: law360

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Indicators of foreign bribery published by…

MLex Summary: The UK Serious Fraud Office working with law enforcement partners across several jurisdictions, has published guidance to help businesses, professionals and the public identify potential indicators of foreign bribery. This brings together information from the SFO, the UK’s National Crime Agency, Australian Federal Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Serious Fraud Office, and the US Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Source: law360

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A Look at AI-Related Shareholder Proposals…

The long-projected systemic and business transformations that can be brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have started. Accordingly, many companies and their boards of directors have faced scrutiny in recent years over effective governance mechanisms and due diligence of the opportunities as well as the material risks—financial, regulatory, legal, and reputational—posed by AI. Potential […]

Source: The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:32:35 GMT

Robbins Geller’s NY Head Takes 3 Partners…

The New York managing partner of Robbins Geller has left to be a co-founder at Johnson Van Kwawegen, a new boutique focused on securities and corporate governance.

Source: law

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Pitching Scandal Presents Challenges for P…

The indictment of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz reprises a familiar white collar crime playbook but presents new legal challenges for both the prosecutors and the defendants.

Source: BLaw

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:30:06 GMT