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Real Estate
The EB-5 Program: Getting Green For Green
The renovation and restoration of the Sahara Casino in Las Vegas, the construction of a new Marriott Courtyard Hotel in downtown Seattle, and the redevelopment of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square in New York City involve hospitality properties and projects in different locations, but they...
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Clifford Chance In The Americas: Medwick Reflects On Two Terms Of Leadership
Editor: To provide a starting point for our discussion, how would you define your original mandate when you first became regional managing partner in late 2005? Medwick: By the time my first term started, the changes resulting from the merger of our three combined firms (legacy Clifford...
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Global Compliance Panel: Insights Of Four Former Prosecutors
Driver: I’d like to start by introducing our distinguished panel, all of whom are partners with Clifford Chance and formerly served as federal prosecutors. They have deep experience with international compliance regimes and the investigations that accompany them. Today’s panelists are...
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The Availability Of Third-Party Discovery In Arbitration
As arbitration clauses have become more common in commercial contracts, many parties have discovered that arbitration is not as streamlined or as inexpensive as they had hoped. Among other things, arbitral panels in the United States are increasingly willing to permit wide-ranging discovery from...
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Speaking Confidentially: Tips For Protecting Trade Secrets And Other Confidential Business Information
With apologies to Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that every company possesses information that it wants to keep out of its competitors' hands. Whether that information is a list of customers or clients; a strategic plan or business practice; pricing information; or...
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Supreme Court To Decide Corporate Liability Under Alien Tort Claims Act
Introduction For the last thirty years, courts have struggled to interpret and apply the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), a statute that permits non-U.S. citizens to bring civil lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of the law of nations, as defined by customary international law....
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Medical Device Companies: Testing FCPA Compliance Program Effectiveness In Emerging Markets
Medical device companies that do business in emerging markets face the prospect of great reward as well as great risk. Increasingly, one of the major risks is exposure to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and similar international anti-bribery laws and regulations. A key...
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