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UK Bribery Act Raises The Bar On FCPA Standards For Antibribery Compliance
On July 20, 2010, the UK government announced that the new UK Bribery Act (the "Act") will come into force in April 2011. In important respects, the new UK law will establish a stricter anticorruption regime than its older and better-known transatlantic cousin, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices...
Read MoreChinese Anti-Bribery Law: An Overview Of The Chinese Laws And Their Importance To Foreign Companies Doing Business In China - Part II
In Part I, we examined the Chinese criminal anti-bribery laws and their application to foreign companies doing business in China. China also has a set of administrative laws that proscribe bribery and other anticompetitive activities. The Chinese Anti-Unfair Competition law ("AUCL"), promulgated...
Read MoreBringing A Fresh Perspective To Telecom, Finance And Energy
Editor: You have had a rich and varied career. Would you share with our readers some of the highlights about your educational background as well as your previous career in government? Sununu: I am an engineer by training, which immediately sets me apart from most people in elected office and...
Read MoreTexas - Envy Of The Nation
Editor: Texas seems to have weathered the economic crisis better than other regions of the U.S. with an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent at the end of June as compared with the national average of 9.5 percent. To what do you attribute this improved performance? Menges:Texas has performed...
Read MoreChinese Anti-Bribery Law: An Overview Of The Chinese Laws And Their Importance To Foreign Companies Doing Business In China - Part I
Part II of this article will appear in the September issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Nearly all U.S. companies that engage in international business and have operations in China or elsewhere recognize the importance of strict compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
Read MoreBilski: Perhaps Not Much Of A Game Changer After All
Editor: Tell our readers about your background and your current practice, including your participation in the Bilski case, as well as your firm's patent practice. Kiklis: My focus is on software patent law, with an emphasis on litigation and counseling. I have both an undergraduate and a...
Read MoreRecent U.S. And U.K. Developments Affecting Competition Law Compliance Programs
Government organizations on both sides of the Atlantic have, in recent weeks, taken steps that highlight the importance of having a competition law compliance program that is overseen by individuals at the highest levels of the company. In mid-May, the United Kingdom's competition enforcer, the...
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