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Protecting Against Political Risk in Overseas Ventures

You can’t generate value without taking risk, but that doesn’t mean risks involved in overseas ventures – including expropriations, cancellations […]

Wal-Mart Spending Millions On Internal FCPA Investigations

Wal-Mart spent $282 million in its fiscal year 2014 on compliance and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act-related investigations,  and the company […]

Vast New Powers For A Canada Securities Regulator

An advisory from WeirFoulds warns that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)  has initiated a major change in the way it […]

Reversals And Revivals: Predictions for 2014 From Thomson Reuters

People and power, money and markets, buys and sells, fees and fortunes, mergers and manias, odds and ends…

The E-Discovery Vs. Privacy Law Dilemma In The Asia-Pacific

Conflicts have emerged between what U.S. discovery laws require and blocking statutes and data privacy laws in the countries of […]

Stiff Domestic Headwinds For Administration in Trade Talks

Unless they can bargain their way out of it, a battle is shaping up between the Administration and union supporters […]

Blocking Users From Pirating Site Not Effective Deterrent, EU Appeals Court Rules

Blocking a major hub for illegally-uploaded material has not deterred internet users in the Netherlands from finding that material elsewhere, […]

Don’t Miss The FCPA Forest For The Gifts, Meals And Entertainment Trees

Contrary to what’s been written in some recent articles, companies should not fear a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act crackdown on […]

Fed To Make Foreign Banks Play By US Rules

U.S. regulators are poised to make a change to Dodd-Frank Act requirements that would make the U.S. operations of foreign […]

When Antitrust Disputes Loom, Businesses Need to Make Savvy Arbitration Decisions

Arbitration agreements are now commonplace in contracts, and so are  global antitrust lawsuits, especially multi-party lawsuits alleging price-fixing cartels. This […]

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