Civil Remedies, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade

PEMEX Files Suit to Recover $160 Million in Bribery Case

by Marta Colomar, Carlos Gonzalez | Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 5/20/2013

Mexican state oil company Pemex has filed a lawsuit in New York seeking to recover nearly $160 million from Germany's Siemens and South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. in a global bribery case, a law firm...more

U.S. Honey Suppliers Allege Damages Based on Illegal "Dumping" of China-produced Honey

by Audet & Partners, LLP on 5/9/2013

A class action has been brought on behalf of U.S. honey suppliers against defendants including Groeb Farms, Inc., Horizon Partners, Ltd., and Honey Holdings 1, Ltd., alleging an illegal scheme executed by defendants that...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

Federal Authorities Announce FCPA Action, First SEC Non-Prosecution Agreement

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/1/2013

On April 22, the DOJ and the SEC announced parallel actions against a clothing company to resolve allegations that a subsidiary of the company paid bribes to Argentine officials over a several-year period to obtain improper...more

The Importance Of Anti-Corruption Compliance Remediation

by Michael Volkov on 3/28/2013

When you catch someone (e.g. a child, friend or business associate) in the wrong, it is interesting to watch their reactions. (Notice I left out spouse or relationship partner – we all know our spouse or relationship partner...more

Focus On Intellectual Property (IP) - March 2012: Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law To Deal With Counterfeit And...

by Robert D. McDonald | Dentons on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law to Deal with Counterfeit and Pirated Products - A “Sign” of Things to Come – How Bill C-56 Will Change Canadian Trade-Mark Law - Excerpt...more

Canada Combats Counterfeiting with Bill C-56 (Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act)

by Jeilah Chan, Jesse Goldman | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/11/2013

On March 1, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-56 in the House of Commons (The Combating Counterfeit Products Act). Bill C-56 introduces a series of amendments to the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act,...more

11th Circuit Case Signals Split on Law vs. Regulation vs. … Contract?

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 2/25/2013

On February 22, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated the smuggling and conspiracy convictions of two importers of allegedly tainted cheese products in the case of United States of America v. Yuri...more

New U.S. Laws Criminalize Theft of Quantitative Trading and Investment Models and Other Trade Secrets and Dramatically Increase...

by Diane Siegel Danoff, Edward Pittman, Kevin Scanlan | Dechert LLP on 2/6/2013

Introduction - The U.S. Congress recently passed two laws that raise the stakes dramatically for employees of financial services firms and anyone else who misappropriates trade secrets, including source code and other...more

Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act Broaden Trade Secret Protection

by Meredith Louis, Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

Protecting and enforcing trade secrets in the United States has historically been challenging. Recent amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "EEA"), which criminalizes theft of trade secrets, broaden the scope...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

An Independent Corporate Monitor's Perspective on Pre-Trial Diversion/Government Settlement Agreeements

by John Hanson on 11/14/2012

Pre-Trial diversion or settlement agreements have been increasingly used as a tool by government agencies as a means of resolving corporate liability for misconduct or fraud perpetrated by an organization's employees,...more

Recent Cartel Developments

by K&L Gates LLP on 11/12/2012

This Alert summarises two significant recent developments in UK cartel law. The first development relates to the right of third parties to bring damages claims against the participants in a cartel, specifically the time...more

Private Suits Under FCPA — An Ill-Advised Idea

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/31/2012

Late last year, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to permit private suits against certain foreign companies and...more

Proposed Bill to Allow Private Enforcement of the FCPA

by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/6/2012

We have received several inquires regarding H.R. 3531, a bill that was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") to permit private suits against certain...more

Self Reporting Under the UK Bribery Act

by jonathan brogden on 5/31/2011

The Bribery Act comes into force on 1 July 2011. It brings into force an entirely new offence of the failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery. The only defence is to have in place adequate procedures to...more

DAWN RAIDS ON THE TCHENGUIZ BROTHERS - UNDERSTANDING THE COURTS' POWER TO AUTHORISE SEARCH ORDERS

by jonathan brogden on 3/21/2011

RUDE AWAKENINGS: DAWN RAIDS ON THE TCHENGUIZ BROTHERS – UNDERSTANDING THE COURTS' POWER TO AUTHORISE SEARCH ORDERS As part of the SFO's investigations into the 2008 collapse of Kaupthing Bank, over 130 police officers...more

Employment Law Alert - October 2010

by Reed Smith on 10/20/2010

Welcome to our October 2010 edition of Employment Law Alert, in which we consider several recent employment law developments in Hong Kong covering a wide range of regular issues for human resources practitioners and in-house...more

Grandma Robbed by Nazis - Grandson Sues Spain to Recover Stolen Paintings

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/2/2010

In August, 2009, the Ninth Circuit decided en banc by 9-2 that a California resident Claude Cassirer can sue Spain to recover his grandmother's oil painting "Rue Saint-Honore, apres-midi, effet de pluie," painted by the...more

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