Inside the legal campaign that freed Gautam Adani from US prosecutionUS prosecutors dropped bribery and fraud charges against billionaire Gautam Adani. A 10-week defense campaign presented nearly 600 pages of...
19 Jul, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
US judge won't immediately dismiss criminal charges against Gautam AdaniA US judge on Friday asked the Justice Department to explain its decision to drop criminal charges against billionaire Gautam Adani, stoppi...
29 Jun, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
Lawyers for Gautam Adani urge US judge to dismiss criminal caseIndian billionaire Gautam Adani's lawyers are pushing a U.S. judge to officially drop criminal charges after the Justice Department announc...
25 Jun, 2026, 06.14 AM IST
Bribery back in business? Donald Trump’s FCPA pause sparks fears of a ‘Wild West’ economyPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for 180 days. The d...
12 Feb, 2025, 07.47 PM IST
Adani says report on bribery probe by US prosecutors is falseBloomberg News reported last week — citing people with direct knowledge of the matter — that US prosecutors have widened their probe of the...
19 Mar, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
G20 Summit: Hopes dim for wider foreign bribery lawSustainable development in Africa is also expected to get prominence because of being a pet agenda for the Summit host and German Chancello...
06 Jul, 2017, 01.00 PM IST
Why France, pioneer against foreign bribery, has convicted zero firmsLast year, French power company Alstom agreed to pay a huge $772-million (688-million-euro) fine for bribing officials all over the world, ...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.56 PM IST
China wins APEC backing to bring back its corrupt officialsTo bring back corrupt Chinese officials who fled abroad, China secured the backing of 21-member APEC block for its high profile anti-graft ...
08 Nov, 2014, 11.07 PM IST
Fear of anti-bribery laws slows down M&A deals in IndiaFrequency of breakdowns are increasing as investors are afraid of ending up on the wrong side of anti-bribery laws in the US and UK.
31 Aug, 2013, 01.04 AM IST
Are Walmart's lobbying activities restricted only to the US?A look at the global retail giant Walmart case shows that those shopping for good deals might have to bargain for controversies.
16 Dec, 2012, 07.38 AM IST
Walmart to apply US laws to Indian operations; wants anti-bribery undertaking from store ownersWalmart is demanding anti-bribery undertakings from landlords of its Indian stores along with rights to inspect their books.
12 Dec, 2012, 07.07 AM IST
Bharti Walmart probe may invoke insurance cover worth $5 millionIts D&O policy partly protects the company, its directors and officers for wrongful actions that cause financial harm and result in a lawsu...
24 Nov, 2012, 07.03 AM IST
- Companies abetting bribery need to be severely punished, says CVC
Private companies indulging in bribery get away with less or no punishment because of the lacunae in India's anti-corruption law, CVC said.
18 May, 2012, 05.59 PM IST
Indian companies doing business in Britain to fall under new Bribery ActThe law provides that English prosecutors can proceed against an Indian firm that has branch in Britain for something that it has done in a...
10 Aug, 2011, 12.14 PM IST
- We may have broken US anti-bribery law: Sun Microsystem
Sun Microsystems Inc may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation ...
09 May, 2009, 09.10 PM IST
- OECD slams Britain's corporate bribery record
OECD member-states have written to Britain criticising London's failure to deal with corporate bribery, the Financial Times said on Sunday.
18 Aug, 2008, 04.27 AM IST
- India bribes the most
In a global recognition of a different kind, India has been ranked as the worst performer by Transparency International on its global Bribe...
05 Oct, 2006, 02.19 AM IST