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Securities Law › Criminal Law › Energy & Utilities Law

Read Securities Law news, alerts, and legal commentary from leading lawyers and law firms:

News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

JAMS, The Resolution Experts

Corruption in The Energy Sector: Criminal Fines, Civil Judgments, And Lost Arbitrations

by Gordon Kaiser | JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 5/24/2013

Synopsis - This article examines the anti-bribery legislation of three countries, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The legislation of the three countries is compared and virtually all the criminal...more

Shipkevich PLLC

CFTC To Investigate EFS Trades In Energy And Metal Markets

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 5/15/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commision (CFTC) is investigating a large number of trades in energy and metal markets to determine whether traders illegally used over-the-counter swaps markets to trade futures....more

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Anti-Corruption Law And The Oil And Gas Industry: Evolutions In Both Demand Vigilance

by William Liess, Omar McNeill, Gregory Paw | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/16/2013

Businesses in the oil and gas industry are cautioned to pay careful attention to evolutions in anti-corruption law in the jurisdictions where they operate. The U.S. government has successfully enforced the Foreign Corrupt...more

Thomas Fox

Doing Business In Italy - Step Up Your FCPA Compliance Now

by Thomas Fox on 2/18/2013

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to scandal and controversial statements, but lately his words and actions seem to be providing cause for concern outside of the European Union....more

Venable LLP

FCPA Investigation Follows Allegations of Improper Payments to Customs Officials in Kazakhstan

by Venable LLP on 7/5/2012

Several major international oil exploration companies and a logistics provider have allegedly initiated internal investigations in response to allegations of bribery involving a joint venture entity and Kazakh Customs...more

Michael Volkov

Are Prosecutors Pushing the Envelope Too Far?

by Michael Volkov on 1/19/2012

Federal prosecutors continue their aggressive enforcement of criminal laws against companies and individuals using aggressive investigative techniques, novel theories and new strategies which are testing the limits of due...more

Michael Volkov

Anti-Corruption Risks for Private Equity -- Portfolio Companies

by Michael Volkov on 1/18/2012

The Justice Department and the SEC are targeting private equity companies for anti-corruption enforcement. Private equity companies are most at risk in their ownership of private equity companies....more

Michael Volkov

ANTI-CORRUPTION COMPLIANCE: DRILLING DOWN ON DOCUMENTATION

by Michael Volkov on 1/17/2012

A key, but often overlooked, part of any anti-corruption compliance program is the need to document decisions made by the company. Documentation is critical to demonstrate the company's intent -- the absence of criminal...more

Michael Volkov

QUESTIONING CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY

by Michael Volkov on 1/16/2012

The Obama Administration is aggressively prosecuting companies for criminal violations of anti-corruption, health care, labor and environmental laws. This article examines the aruments for and against imposing criminal...more

Michael Volkov

PERSON OF THE YEAR -- THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

The person of the year for 2011 -- The Chief Compliance Officer...more

Michael Volkov

MATERIALITY AND FCPA DISCLOSURES

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

This article examines the issue of materiality and FCPA disclosures...more

Michael Volkov

INTERNAL CONTROLS AND FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

This article examines how to design internals to protect against bribery by foreign subsidiaries...more

Michael Volkov

HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND COMPLIANCE

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

A look at health care fraud enforcement and compliance program elements...more

Michael Volkov

GLOBAL RETAILERS AND CORRUPTION RISKS

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

Global retailers ahve come udner scrutiny for FCPA violations -- this article examines the risks...more

Michael Volkov

FCPA VIOLATIONS AND COLLATERAL LITIGATION

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

An examination of collateral litigation risks from FCPA violations...more

Michael Volkov

FCPA JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN ENTITIES

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

An examination of the Department of Justice's assertion of extra-territorial jurisdiction over foreign entities for FCPA enforcement...more

Michael Volkov

Corruption, Crime & Compliance

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2012

FCPA trends and predictions for 2012...more

Reed Smith

The Evolving State of Today's LNG Spot Market - "Where we are and how we got there"

by Reed Smith on 11/15/2011

The evolution of the global LNG market continues apace, influenced at a macro level most recently by the need for ever greater quantities of LNG in a post-tsunami, nuclear-power-short Japan, faced with massive...more

$9.5 Million Fine is First Significant Action Under Canada's Foreign Corruption Law

by John Boscariol on 6/27/2011

On June 24, 2011, after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of bribing a foreign public official, Calgary-based Niko Resources Ltd. (Niko) was sentenced to a fine of approximately $9.5 million and placed on three...more

McDermott Will & Emery

EU Suspends Carbon Trading After Almost $38 Million Stolen

by McDermott Will & Emery on 2/4/2011

The most recent theft of almost US$38 million in EU Emission Trading System carbon credits may shift political support in favor of centralization and abolition of national registries. On January 20, 2011, the European...more

Anti-Corruption Laws & Compliance

by David Seide on 8/24/2010

This articles reviews recent anti-corruption efforts affecting energy and infrastructure companies, and discusses key elements associated with compliance programs....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Misrepresentation of Lehman Guaranty Supports Securities Claim

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 8/18/2010

An investment company’s representation that certain energy bonds were backed by the State of Georgia—when they were in fact guarantied by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.—could subject the firm to liability for securities...more

Thomas Fox

Nigerian FCPA Bribery Box Score

by Thomas Fox on 3/28/2010

Opening Day of the Baseball season is fast approaching and perhaps it is time to give a baseball statistician’s view to the Nigerian bribery case. ...more

Thomas Fox

UTStarcom and Gifts and Entertainment Under the FCPA

by Thomas Fox on 1/4/2010

To close out the FCPA year, on December 31 the telecom equipment maker UTStarcom Inc. agreed to pay the Justice Department $1.5 million in criminal fines and pay the SEC an additional $1.5 in penalties to resolve Foreign...more

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