Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade, Criminal Law

Four Key Board Responsibilities for Monitoring Risk and Compliance

by NAVEX Global on 5/13/2013

Introduction: High Pressure Regulatory Environment - Now more than ever, there is increased regulatory pressure on organizations – and their Boards of Directors – to create and maintain effective ethics and compliance...more

The Compliance Stepchild: Antitrust

by Michael Volkov on 5/13/2013

Let’s try and put this all in perspective. Last fiscal year, the Antitrust Division collected over $1 billion in criminal fines and sent a number of senior executives to prison. ...more

Criminal Antitrust Update - April 2013

by Andrew Friedman, Hannibal G. Williams II Kemerer | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/6/2013

INDUSTRY SCORECARD - E-books: Macmillan has become the latest and final major e-book publisher to resolve price-fixing allegations by the DOJ Antitrust Division (the “Division”)...more

Competition Bureau Imposes Record-Setting Bid-Rigging Fines, but Jurisdictional Questions Remain

by Peter Franklyn, Michelle Lally, Graham Reynolds | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/23/2013

In cases heard barely two weeks apart, Canada’s Competition Bureau obtained record-setting fines against two Japanese auto parts suppliers that pleaded guilty to bid-rigging charges. Although these significant penalties...more

Anti-counterfeiting strategies in the United States

by Lynda Zadra-Symes | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 4/19/2013

Counterfeiting is a critical problem for trademark and copyright owners (‘IP owners’) affecting all industries, from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to electrical and auto products, toys and fashion items. To effectively...more

Another Steelmaker Subsidiary Raided in International Antitrust Investigation

by Brandi Walkowiak | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/17/2013

On March 29, 2013, South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office raided the office of POSCO ICT, a subsidiary of POSCO that manages the parent company’s IT network, as part of an ongoing investigation of...more

Dow Jones’ Anti-Corruption Survey: Key Findings

by Simmi Singh Corcoran | NAVEX Global on 4/5/2013

During the past few years, there has continued to be a shift in the amount of attention companies are putting towards corruption concerns and anti-corruption programs. This is evident in the recent survey of 311 compliance...more

Through a Glass Darkly: A U Optronics and the Extraterritorial Application of the Sherman Act

by Mark Cohen, Scott Thomson | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 3/5/2013

Can price-fixing abroad be prosecuted criminally under the U.S. Sherman Act? The antitrust bar might well raise an eyebrow at the question. Since international cartels became a focus of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust...more

February 2013: Libor Litigation Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 2/18/2013

UBS and Barclays Acknowledge Making False Libor Submissions. Investigations into misconduct at UBS and Barclays have revealed pervasive corruption of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“Libor”), which provides a benchmark for...more

Alert: Canada Updating its Controls Over Exports and Technology Transfers

by John Boscariol on 2/15/2013

The Canadian government has announced a number changes to Canada’s Export Control List (ECL), which sets out the goods, services and technology subject to export and technology transfer controls that include permit and...more

A Closer Look at the Griffiths Energy Case: Lessons and Insights on Canadian Anti-Corruption Enforcement

by John Boscariol on 2/14/2013

On January 25, 2013, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench approved a $10.35 million penalty against Griffiths Energy International Inc. (Griffiths) for a violation of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act1 (CFPOA) in...more

Ticking Time Bomb: Private LIBOR Litigation

by Michael Volkov on 2/13/2013

One by one global banks are being ensnared in the LIBOR prosecution net. Late last year UBS, the Swiss banking giant, entered into a massive settlement in which it agreed to pay approximately $1.5 billion in fines and...more

Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2013: Global Overview and United States

by Peter Carney, Martin Toto | White & Case LLP on 2/8/2013

Global Overview: Continued aggressive cartel enforcement in 2012 Authorities around the world continued to vigorously enforce cartel law in 2012. Total fines increased in many jurisdictions, and authorities around the...more

Canada Redoubles Efforts at Combating Foreign Bribery and Corruption: Officers and Directors of Canadian Businesses Warned to...

by Riyaz Dattu | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/7/2013

Within days of successfully imposing a fine in the amount of $10.3 million against Griffiths Energy pursuant to the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), the Canadian government announced on February 5,...more

Significant CFPOA Amendments Proposed to Strengthen Canada’s Anti-Corruption Regime

by John Boscariol on 2/7/2013

On February 5, 2013 Bill S-14, the Fighting Foreign Corruption Act was introduced in Canada’s Senate. It proposes the most significant amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) since it came into...more

Canada Moves to Strengthen Anti-Bribery Legislation

by Bennett Jones LLP on 2/5/2013

On February 5, 2013, the government of Canada announced important amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). It is expected that the amendments, which are being introduced in the Senate, will be...more

Understanding & Mitigating Third Party Corruption Risk Under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

by John Boscariol on 1/31/2013

The use of third party agents in international operations or business development, whether consultants, sales representatives, customs brokers, contractors or distributors, is often unavoidable. This may be because the...more

ACCC Takes Enforcement Action Against Manufacturers of Car Parts for Alleged Cartel Conduct

by Murray Deakin, Sylvia Ng | K&L Gates LLP on 1/9/2013

The latest Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) cartel enforcement action involves the institution of civil proceedings in the Federal Court in Adelaide against Japanese company Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki) as...more

New Competition Regulation in the United Arab Emirates - Considerations for Commercial Practices and Transactions

by King & Spalding on 1/8/2013

This briefing identifies the types of practices and transactions in which domestic competition law might be relevant to doing business in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) in light of the new federal competition law set to...more

China’s Antitrust Authority Imposes Fines on Foreign Corporations for the First Time

by Henry Chen | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/7/2013

Recently China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed an RMB 353 million (USD 56.7 million) penalty against an international price-fixing cartel of LCD manufacturers, the largest the NDRC has ever imposed...more

Banks Take It On The Chin

by Michael Volkov on 1/4/2013

The end of the year was very tough for global banks. For months significant enforcement actions were expected in the ongoing LIBOR manipulation probe and anti-money laundering and sanctions violations probes....more

Avoiding Anti-competitive Employee Recruitment Arrangements: The United States Department of Justice Challenges eBay and the...

by Subrata Bhattacharjee, Adam S. Goodman | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 12/21/2012

In 2010, the government of Canada amended the Competition Act, making anti-competitive conspiracies between competitors or potential competitors a per se criminal offence, requiring no evidence of an adverse impact on...more

2012 DOJ Criminal Antitrust Results Show Increased Risk For International Businesses And Employees

by Jeremy D. Frey | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 12/17/2012

The holidays have come early for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. The new fiscal year 2012 statistics for the Division’s accomplishments have been released. The statistics reveal that the Division’s criminal...more

United States Trade Representative (USTR) Announces Results of Special 301 Review of Notorious Markets in December 2012...

by Ian Imrich on 12/13/2012

USTR Announces Results of Special 301 Review of Notorious Markets and Identifies Marketplaces that Facilitate Global Piracy and Counterfeiting (released 12/13/2012): --- "Washington, D.C. – United States Trade...more

The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2013, 6th Edition: Chapter 9: CANADA

by Susan Paul | Dentons on 12/13/2012

1 The Legislative Framework of the Cartel Prohibition: 1.1 What is the legal basis and general nature of the cartel prohibition, e.g. is it civil and/or criminal? The legal basis of cartel prohibition in Canada...more

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