The FCPA Files: Katy Industries, Inc. (1978)
Katy Industries had an elegant business model, devised by its chairman and CEO, Wallace Carroll. Starting in the 1940s manufacturing...
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Jan 72 min read
The FCPA Files: Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (1980)
For decades, John O’Halloran was the man to see if you wanted something done in Trinidad and Tobago. He had many nicknames—“Johnny O”...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
The FCPA Files: R. Eugene Holley and Roy J. Carver (Holcar Oil Company) (1979)
It must have seemed like a great opportunity: three offshore wells in Qatar, pre-drilled, just waiting for someone to reopen them and...
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
The FCPA Files: Page Airways, Inc. (1978)
From its debut in 1966, the Grumman Gulfstream II jet stood out as a turbo-powered symbol of luxury business travel. With room for a dozen..
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Nov 14, 20242 min read
The FCPA Files: Kenny International (1979)
Finbar Kenny was a philatelist and entrepreneur: postage stamps were his game. After decades as the manager of Macy’s stamp department...
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Nov 12, 20242 min read
The FCPA Files: What Can We Learn From Old Cases?
The FCPA will turn fifty in a few years, giving rise to the inevitable host of celebrations and retrospectives. But we don’t need to wait...
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Nov 7, 20242 min read