China, Criminal Sanctions

Criminal Enforcement of the Trump Tariffs Is Likely - Here’s What It Will Look Like

BakerHostetler on 2/4/2025

On Saturday, President Trump signed executive orders imposing stiff tariffs on three of the United States’ biggest trading partners. The orders impose a 25 percent tax on most imports from Canada and Mexico, while goods from...more

Former University of Kansas Professor Sentenced for Making False Statements on Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form

Foley Hoag LLP on 2/13/2023

Last month, former University of Kansas Professor Feng “Franklin” Tao was sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release for making false statements in the University of Kansas’s conflict of interest and...more

“Forewarned Is Forearmed” – The Rise of Chinese Data-Flow Restrictions

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/31/2015

Manufacturers with operations, employees, and/or customers in China must be aware of a long list of China-specific data-flow and content restrictions. Data-flow restrictions in particular affect manufacturers employing or...more

Red Notice Newsleter

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/3/2014

Welcome to the May 2014 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month, on the anticorruption front, Avon Products, Inc. (“Avon”) agrees to pay USD $135 million to settle a...more

Red Notice Newsletter - November 2013

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/6/2013

INTRODUCTION - Welcome to the November 2013 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. On the anticorruption front, a Swiss tech company’s former exec is charged in the US...more

Don’t Claim It Is Legal To Bribe Another Government’s Representatives – Especially In China

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 7/15/2013

Last week a guest blog post in the FCPA Blog by Ernesto Sanchez, entitled “What’s good for reciprocity may be bad for FCPA prosecutions”, implied that the US District Court’s ruling when it “vacated an SEC Dodd-Frank rule...more