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Spring 2013 Eye on China Newsletter

by Mark Aiello, Andrew S. Baluch, Stephen Bent, James Ewing, Richard Florsheim, Robert Iseman, Robert Lee, Zhu Julie Lee, Song Lin, Chao Meng, Steven Rizzi, Selig Sacks, David W. Simon | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/30/2013

Legal News: Eye on China Quarterly Newsletter offers companies helpful insight as they successfully navigate China’s complex and ever-changing legal and regulatory environment. In this issue, we focus on the following...more

Anti-Corruption High-Risk Audits

by Michael Volkov on 4/29/2013

The Justice Department and the SEC should be credited with promoting new compliance strategies and best practices. Whatever you may think about the DOJ/SEC FCPA enforcement program, they have pushed businesses to enhance...more

New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected?

by Sarah Hopkins, Heidi Sachs | Perkins Coie on 4/17/2013

Two new criminal laws underscore the value of trade secrets as a critical asset to a corporation. These new laws, the Trade Secrets Clarification Act (TSCA) and the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act...more

They Are Back, Although They Never Really Left, thebriberyact.com Guys

by Thomas Fox on 4/12/2013

Unlike that fabulous song-writing team of Lennon and McCartney, these two guys promised that they would be back and from what we have seen over the past few weeks, they have kept to their collective word. Yes, those two...more

Protecting Personal Data in China

by Woon-Wah Siu, Julian Zou | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/3/2013

This advisory is one of a series prepared by Pillsbury's China Practice on questions frequently asked by our clients doing business in China. In June 2012, we published an advisory on personal data protection in China in...more

Government Issues New FCPA Guidance: $12,000 Birthday Party Not the Way to Go

by Yonaton Aronoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/2/2013

Employers concerned about their organizations’ FCPA compliance have a new, free resource available to them. Recently, the DOJ and the SEC published a long-awaited FCPA guidance for employers. The comprehensive guidance...more

Global HR Hot Topic - April 2013: Internal Investigations in Overseas Workplaces

by Donald C. Dowling, Jr. | White & Case LLP on 4/2/2013

Challenge: In America, internal investigations into suspicions and allegations of employee misconduct follow an increasingly well-defined approach. But exporting US investigatory best practices raises unexpected...more

Distribution in China – Legal Issues Part IV. Drafting the Distribution Contract

by John Huang, Kevin Qian, Frank Schoneveld | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/21/2013

“Distribution in China – Legal Issues” is a four-part series. Part I discussed the business models and legal structures most commonly used for distribution in China. Part II looked at important issues to consider in the...more

Breaking Bad: When A Good Employee Goes Bad?

by Michael Volkov on 3/19/2013

No matter how strong a company’s compliance program, there is always a risk. No matter how many times employees are trained, complete certifications and are reminded of their FCPA compliance obligations, there is always a...more

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption: A Focus on the ‘Supply Side’ of the Equation

by Thomas Fox on 2/6/2013

This is the last installment of my three party series regarding Occupational Fraud. One can never lose focus on what I consider the key question as they enter or play within the international arena: What are the...more

Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012: A Powerful New Weapon for Businesses

by Robert A. Bleicher | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 2/5/2013

On December 28, 2012, the President signed the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012, which significantly expands trade secret protection by extending criminal penalties to the theft of a wider class of trade...more

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption”: A Focus on the ‘Demand Side’ of the Equation

by Thomas Fox on 2/5/2013

Yesterday we discussed Occupational Fraud and how, according to the ACFE, survey participants estimated that the typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud each year. Applied to the 2011 Gloss World Product, the...more

Siemens Whistleblower Complaint Underscores Need for "Top-Down" Anti-Corruption Compliance

by Anthony Moshirnia | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/4/2013

In 2008, Siemens AG paid $800 million to settle charges that it had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which generally prohibits bribery of foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. That...more

Occupational fraud involves a personal breach of trust

by Thomas Fox on 2/4/2013

Ed. Note-today we are pleased to begin a three part guest series from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones. My husband, Brian R. Jones, is a CPA, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of Certified...more

Expansion Of The Economic Espionage Act Broadens Protection For Trade Secrets

by Gillian Watson Egan, KristinTaylor Parsons | Burr & Forman on 1/30/2013

In the summer of 2009, in an office at Goldman Sachs, in the waning hours of his last day of employment, a computer programmer named Sergey Aleynikov encrypted more than 500,000 lines of source code from Goldman’s proprietary...more

Egypt's Trial of NGO Workers: We are Still Watching

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 1/28/2013

The last time Red Notice Law Journal addressed the issue of NGO workers charged with crimes in Egypt, it was here, with the focus being on the fact that NGO workers and journalists are critical in the work of evaluating human...more

President Obama Signs into Law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act

by Mike Delikat | Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 1/4/2013

On December 28, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act. The Act amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) and expands the jurisdiction of federal courts over cases concerning...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

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Spring 2013 Eye on China Newsletter

Anti-Corruption High-Risk Audits

New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected?

They Are Back, Although They Never Really Left, thebriberyact.com Guys

Protecting Personal Data in China

Government Issues New FCPA Guidance: $12,000 Birthday Party Not the Way to Go

Global HR Hot Topic - April 2013: Internal Investigations in Overseas Workplaces

Distribution in China – Legal Issues Part IV. Drafting the Distribution Contract

Breaking Bad: When A Good Employee Goes Bad?

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption: A Focus on the ‘Supply Side’ of the Equation

Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012: A Powerful New Weapon for Businesses

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption”: A Focus on the ‘Demand Side’ of the Equation

Siemens Whistleblower Complaint Underscores Need for "Top-Down" Anti-Corruption Compliance

Occupational fraud involves a personal breach of trust

Expansion Of The Economic Espionage Act Broadens Protection For Trade Secrets

Egypt's Trial of NGO Workers: We are Still Watching

President Obama Signs into Law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act

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

Corporate Responsibility for Human Trafficking & Five Steps that Your Company Can Take Right Now

New Guide Examines SEC and DOJ Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Export Control Violations: Man on Trial for Taking His Laptop to China

White Collar Watch - September 2012

Are Your Trade Secrets at Risk? -- Queue the Economic Espionage Act

Reforming the Respondeat Superior Doctrine

Outsourcing Under the New Venezuelan Labor Law

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