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Why Financial Institutions Should Think About Antitrust Leniency
While deciding to self-report criminal violations raises significant concerns for any company, and particularly for financial institutions with extensive regulatory oversight, seeking leniency may be the most prudent course when the company has substantial evidence of a criminal antitrust...
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Insights Into FDI In India
Editor: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has been opened up in many areas, but left restricted in others. Where is it still limited, and what is the rationale behind this decision? Patel: In August 2013, the FDI policy was liberalized with respect to several sectors, such as...
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The Risks For Private Equity In Companies With Underfunded Benefit Plans
Editor: Please provide our readers with the facts involved in the case Sun Capital Partners v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund. Raskin: In the Sun Capital case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that an investment fund managed by a private equity firm, Sun...
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A World View (From Texas) Of Natural Resources And Infrastructure
Editor: You are Practice Group Leader of King & Spalding’s Global Transactions (GT) Group. What areas of energy and natural resources does this group include? Culotta: Most of us started out as oil and gas or power lawyers, which remain core practices, though at this point we’re...
Read MoreAntitrust Year In Review: U.S.
The past year has been an active one in U.S. antitrust law, with neither plaintiff/enforcers nor defendants emerging as clear winners. The federal enforcement agencies, the Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, continued to focus primarily on the high-tech...
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Whither Judicial Review For Institutional Arbitrations?
All too often, parties who have agreed to submit their disputes to arbitration find themselves with buyer’s remorse. Whether at the beginning of the process (when first served with a notice of arbitration) or at the end of the process (after finding themselves on the short end of an award...
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Defending Individuals And Vindicating Principles
Editor: Tell us what led to your leadership role in the firm’s pro bono activities? Toll: Prior to coming to King & Spalding in 2006, I worked for the Office of the Public Defender for the State of Maryland for four years. Giving back through my work as a lawyer has always been very...
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