International

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 […]

Japanese Acquisition Activity At All-Time High

May 20, 2013

An M&A trend that popular opinion often reviled in the ’80s hardly gets noticed.

Companies Alarmed As Europe Mulls New Data Privacy Law

May 14, 2013

It’s likely to influence the direction of privacy laws and thus business models worldwide.

China Far Ahead of Europe and the U.S. in Apparel Trade Marks

May 6, 2013

The category “Clothing, Footwear, Headgear” was dominated by China, with 69 percent compared to…

Regulators in Europe Hone in on Executive Compensation

May 3, 2013

“Populist sentiment and the resulting political environment continue to fuel stricter regulation of executive and director compensation,” according to an […]

Dawn Raid, Antitrust Charges, Decade of Litigation

May 3, 2013

After nearly 10 years of litigation, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment for the defendants in […]

Obama Administration Relaxing Export Controls

May 2, 2013

Congressional approval is needed for some but not all the changes, and some legislators remain concerned that exports with potential […]

Competition, Cartels and Canada

March 26, 2013

Antitrust agencies in the U.S. and Canada have programs designed to encourage cartel participants to alert authorities about the existence […]

Challenges of Asian Language E-Discovery

March 26, 2013

As e-discovery reaches into Asia, global companies face unfamiliar challenges. The so-called CJK languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) are difficult […]

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