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Antitrust in focus - June 2019

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This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Börries Ahrens, partner based in Hamburg, is our editor this month....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

A Hunt for Justice Erodes the Attorney-Client Privilege

In a highly regulated environment, it is challenging for U.S. corporations to maintain 100% compliance with each and every law touching them. When issues arise, U.S. corporations rely on the ability to have full and frank...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Rules That Privileged Documents Must Be Produced To Shareholders Investigating Corporate Misconduct

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The Delaware Supreme Court recently held that, in certain circumstances, shareholders may be able to obtain access to privileged, internal documents in order to investigate potential breaches of fiduciary duty. In Wal-Mart...more

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What Does Delaware’s Wal-Mart Decision Mean for the Attorney-Client Privilege and Internal Investigations?

The Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW, No. 614, 2014 Del. LEXIS 336, 2014 WL 3638848 (July 23, 2014), a Section 220 “books and records” case...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 30-Interview with the FCPA Professor-Part 2

This episode 30 is Part 2 of my interview with the FCPA Professor. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wal-Mart Cover Up- Would a Hot-Line Have Helped?

I do not know if Wal-Mart had a “hotline” in 2005, but in order to give employees and/ or third parties the tools necessary to alert executives or members of the Board of Directors to potential illegal or questionable...more

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With Wal-Mart Claims, Greater Attention On A Law

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Originally publish in The New York Times on April 25, 2012 A decade ago, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars American companies from bribing officials overseas, was rarely enforced or discussed. Today, it...more

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Wal-Mart May Face FCPA Charges Over Mexican Bribery Plot

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Originally published in Law360, New York (April 23, 2012, 9:40 PM ET) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and some of its executives may face criminal charges and millions of dollars' worth of civil penalties in the wake of a report...more

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