Finance & Banking – May 23, 2012

by McDermott Will & Emery on 5/23/2012

The main developments in antitrust are: 1. Merger Control (Art. 5-bis); From 1 January 2013: The Italian merger control thresholds will be cumulative and no longer alternative (i.e. the combined...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/23/2012

Put another way, what is the best one-stop database site for anti-corruption and anti-bribery on a worldwide basis? I think that the answer is will lead you to one resource that I would suggest you take a very hard look and...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/21/2012

This drove home to me that what a company really needs to accomplish regarding compliance is to do the day-to-day work in its company to help create and foster a culture of compliance. Recently May 7-11 was designated as...more

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/18/2012

On April 18, 2012, the SEC approved a Nasdaq proposal for an alternative to the current $4 per share initial listing bid price requirement on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The alternative will require a closing price of either...more

by Reed Smith on 5/17/2012

On May 9, 2012, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) released three orders approving investments in the U.S. banking market by entities based in China. The investments, which consist of the acquisition of 80 percent of a...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/16/2012

One of area that is an important part of a minimum best practices compliance program under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or the UK Bribery Act is risk assessment. Indeed in a recent video podcast on the site...more

by Thomas Fox on 5/14/2012

Carroll Shelby died last week. For anyone who following racing or loved the Muscle Car Era, no light shone brighter that Shelby’s. In 1959 (a little before I started to follow racing) Shelby was the first Texan to win...more

by White & Case LLP on 5/11/2012

On May 9, 2012, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”) issued an order approving the first acquisition of a US bank by a bank organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“ICBC Order”)....more