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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

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

Parliament and Council question the extent of the proposed revision to the EU public procurement regime

by White & Case LLP on 3/14/2012

Since the end of February, debates have been ongoing in both the European Parliament and in the Council on the proposed revision to the EU public procurement regime. As part of an overall review of the EU public procurement...more

Prosecutorial misconduct stymies Department of Justice in FCPA trials

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/6/2012

In a stunning conclusion to the U.S. Department of Justice’s first guilty jury verdict against a corporation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. District Court, Central District of California...more

Proposed ITAR Rule To Relax ITAR Licensing For Components Incorporated Into Commercial Products

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/22/2011

On March 15, the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published a proposed new rule that marks a significant change in the approach to ITAR regulation. Historically, ITAR controls have always applied to...more

Compliance Convergence: Export Control

by Tom Steidel on 3/19/2011

This article, authored by Thomas R. Fox and offered with his permission, discusses the need for comprehensive export control programs, policies and procedures that address the many government requirements and controlling...more

UK Public Procurement Law Digest: The 2011 Procurement Law Agenda

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/3/2011

The first 9 months of the new UK coalition government were marked, in public procurement terms, by the early freeze imposed by the Cabinet Office on all new central government procurements and the wide-ranging review of...more

Developing Caribbean Procurement Law

by Margaret Rose on 11/10/2008

Traces the development of procurement law in the Commonwealth Caribbean....more

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