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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: September 2024

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Welcome to the September 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

Adams and Reese LLP

International Compliance Digest – August 2024

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August was another robust month in international trade that further signifies the need for corporations to invest in effective compliance programs. For starters, the DOJ unveiled a new program that incentivizes corporate...more

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Anticorruption Enforcement and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Trends to Track in 2024

This is the seventh in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for January 2024

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

A&O Shearman

Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

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We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

Dechert LLP

What Dealmakers Should Know about Congress’ Wish List for CFIUS

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Congress continues to put pressure on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), increasingly informing the context in which the Committee conducts its work. Last week, for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

7 Enforcement Predictions For US Export Controls, Sanctions

Within the trade bar there is cautiousness, curiosity and skepticism at the numerous pronouncements signaling greater enforcement of export controls and sanctions by the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Office of Foreign...more

Pollock Cohen LLP

China, FCPA, and SEC

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Introduction - Doing business with China is always complex. Add in the need for compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the challenges can be formidable. Companies operating in or with ties to China must...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – August 2023 Update

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August saw two noteworthy Russia-related enforcement actions. First, a dual Russian-German national was arrested and charged with violating the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) when he allegedly procured microelectronics for...more

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How Whistleblower Policies Can Comply with New Chinese Data Protection Regulations

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Recent Chinese regulations on personal data protection and standard contractual processes limit the cross-border transfer of personally identifying information. ...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - December 2022

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Importer Pays $3.25M Settlement in FCA Case A California importer paid $3.25 million (Law360 subscription required to view) to settle a whistleblower suit brought by a former employee of its overseas supplier under the False...more

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Will An Economic Downturn Lead to An Increase in Tax-Related Whistleblowing?

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Economic Downturn? The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee announced last week that it would raise the Fed’s baseline interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the largest such increase since 1994. ...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

The Plight of Chinese Whistleblowers and Journalists During COVID

On February 7, 2020, officials confirmed the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the first COVID-19 whistleblower in China who warned people worldwide about early infections in Wuhan. The Chinese internet saw an outpouring of grief and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 9.20.2021 | Top Story: Chinese Crackdown on Debt-Laden Companies Roils Global Markets

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Fascinating new wrinkle on the corporate debt crisis washing over China in recent years, with reports that “troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande” sought to “strong-arm” its own employees earlier this year to lend the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.15.2021 | Top Story: Stripe Hits $95 Billion Valuation, Tops Among Startups

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Six-hundred million in its latest funding round means that payments company Stripe’s valuation now tops $95 billion, “making it the most valuable start-up in the United States”....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For November 2020

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In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 9.1.2020 | Top Story: Walmart to Roll Out Shipping Membership to Challenge Amazon’s Prime Dominance

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Walmart is again preparing to roll out its answer to Amazon Prime: Walmart+, a sub-$100/year membership service that features gas discounts and some free shipping (at qualifying thresholds)....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Importer and Its Executives Pay $5.2 Million Under FCA for Evading U.S. Tariffs

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An importer recently agreed to pay $5.2 million to settle a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case alleging evasion of antidumping duties (“AD”) on wooden bedroom furniture from China. The importer, Blue Furniture Solutions, LLC (now...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2019 | Top Story: Drug Distributors and Maker in Talks for Multi-billion-dollar Opioid Litigation...

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A group of three major drug distributors—McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health—are in the midst of talks with representatives of state and local governments who have brought more than 2000 opioid-related lawsuits...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.20.2019 | Top Story: Fintech startup Stripe Inc. hits $35 billion valuation in latest funding round

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Fintech firm Stripe Inc., which “allows internet companies and online marketplaces to accept credit cards for their goods and services and pay out money to the people and firms that sell on their platforms,” just wrapped a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.20.2019 | Top Story: Top Execs Signal Shift in Corporate Priorities Beyond Just Shareholder Gain

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A survey of the country’s most powerful CEOs by the Business Roundtable shows an interesting shift in how they view their top priority—no longer does advancing the interests of shareholders take the top spot. Instead, the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.15.2019 | Top Story: Inverted Yield Curve and Trade-War Worries Send Markets Into Freefall

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Wall Street’s post-tariff-delay jubilance was short lived, as an inverted bond yield curve reared its ugly head yesterday, sending shares plummeting on a brutal day across all markets....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Corruption in China: Part 1 – I am Shocked, Just Shocked

Sometimes you have to wonder if companies ever have figured out that they need to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by putting in place a compliance program that actually works. ...more

Allen Matkins

9th Circuit Holds FCPA Is Not A "Rule Or Regulation" Of The SEC

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In 2013, Sanford Wadler, the General Counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., delivered a report to the company's audit committee. His report expressed his belief that the company had engaged in serious and prolonged violations...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert: Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2018 Developments and Predictions for 2019

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Despite predictions of a slow-down in enforcement under the Trump administration—and indications that enforcement in some areas has decreased in the past year1—2018 was yet again an active year for FCPA enforcement. The year...more

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