International

Shuanghui Acquisition of Smithfield Foods Questioned In Congress

July 2, 2013

Proposed sale of the word’s largest pork producer to a Chinese company is getting back pressure…

Trends In Canadian Energy M&A

June 24, 2013

Energy industries remain at the core of Canadian M&A activity. Approximately 25 percent of the largest 50 friendly public transactions […]

Horse Meat And More In The EU

June 18, 2013

Product sampling in the EU has revealed issues beyond the widely publicized…

A Multinational Offers “Amnesty” To Employees Who Report Corruption

June 10, 2013

One of the largest design and construction firms in the world, Canada-based SNC-Lavalin Group, is offering amnesty to employees who […]

Overseas Conduct Codes Can Be Perilous

June 6, 2013

Best practices in the United States can, for example, run afoul of EU labor and privacy law. One U.S. multinational […]

Overseas Employee Stock Options Impact Tax And Transfer Pricing

June 5, 2013

Equity-based compensation can create numerous cross-border tax and transfer pricing issues for multinational companies.

Reducing Litigation Risk When Doing Business Overseas

June 4, 2013

Ignorance of international law is not the issue. Facts are.

Revised European Commission Guidelines For “The Dawn Raid”

May 31, 2013

They include broad interpretation of authority to inspect and take copies of virtually anything.

Both U.S. and U.K. Promising Strong Anti-Corruption Enforcement

May 21, 2013

The DOJ, the SEC and the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. have all signaled they intend to intensify their […]

Can Transnational Corporations Be Sued Under The Alien Tort Statute?

May 20, 2013

The writer looks at a recent Supreme Court decision, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, and finds it “fractured and somewhat […]

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