Welcome to The Woody Report, where Washington & Lee School of Law Associate Professor Karen Woody and host Tom Fox discuss issues on white collar crime, compliance issues, international corruption, securities and accounting fraud, and internal corporate…
Today we conclude our 5-part deep dive into the Asante Berko trial and guilty verdict, using the trial not simply as a case study but as a mechanism to pressure-test…
In corporate life, ethical decision-making is not only a question of right and wrong. It is also a test of leadership, trust, and long-term vision. Missteps in ethics erode corporate…
Today in Part 4, I want to focus on some of the compliance lessons from the Asante Berko FCPA trial. The compliance lesson from the Berko trial is not simply…
In the corporate compliance world, an internal investigation is often the moment of truth. Whether triggered by a whistleblower complaint, a regulatory inquiry, or a suspicious transaction, the investigation’s quality…
We continue our deep dive into the Asante Berko FCPA conviction. Today we consider the jury’s verdict. The jury returned three guilty verdicts. That is the decisive legal result, but…
In compliance, risk management is more than a checklist. It is the ongoing discipline of identifying threats, assessing their potential impact, and implementing measures to mitigate or neutralize them before…
Yesterday in Part One of our series on the Asante Berko FCPA trial and conviction, we examined the prosecution’s mosaic. Today in Part 2, we ask the defense question that…
In the modern compliance landscape, third-party due diligence is not optional but essential. Regulators from the DOJ to the SFO have made it clear: if your business partner is involved…
A bribery case does not always arrive with a signed receipt. In the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko, prosecutors presented something different: a mosaic of evidence. They…
In the realm of corporate compliance, institutional justice and fairness are not mere aspirational slogans; they are operational imperatives. These principles govern how decisions are made, how investigations are conducted,…
