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Holland & Knight LLP

Beneficios colaborativos en casos de soborno transnacional en Colombia

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El Decreto 390 de 2024, expedido por el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo de Colombia, establece el procedimiento para que la Superintendencia de Sociedades conceda beneficios por colaboración conforme a la Ley 1778...more

Kaufman & Canoles

NCAA Levies Sanctions Against Florida State University’s Football Program Over NIL-related Violations

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Last week, the NCAA announced its most significant Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) enforcement action to date, imposing various penalties against Florida State University and an assistant football coach for impermissible...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyer Who Admitted Coaching Deposition Witness Escapes With Reprimand

An attorney who surreptitiously fed answers to his client – roughly 50 times during a six-hour remote deposition, according to court documents – has been given a public reprimand by the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers....more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Giving Compliance Advice

You really should listen to this podcast. That’s my advice. If you do you’ll hear Scott Garland, Managing Director, Sanctions, Cyber, Fraud and Ethics Compliance & Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors give better advice on...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Obstructive Deposition Behavior Leads to Suspension of Maryland Attorney’s License

“Discovery is a taxing experience for attorneys and their clients. At times, personalities clash, which may permeate litigation through frivolous motions and vexatious arguments, as Respondent has participated in here. This...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Virtual Meetings & Ephemeral Messages: Preserve, Produce, & Sanctions for Loss - July 19th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

Electronic information is ubiquitous and its use and misuse can pose serious ethical problems for attorneys. Attorneys use electronic information to communicate with the public and with clients, to advertise their services,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Companies Prepare for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)

Will 2022 Be the Year of Supply Chain Ethics? Effective June 21, 2022, in an effort to address forced labor concerns, U.S. law will broadly prohibit imports of products from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 9th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 15th - 17th, 9:55 am - 6:00 pm CET

Though we are disappointed we will not be together in-person, we remain dedicated to providing a first-class learning experience while keeping the health and well being of everyone a top priority.  The ECEI will have the...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 19th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute - September 14th - 16th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST

Due to continuous developments with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the safety and health concerns of our attendees, speakers, vendors and staff, we are converting the 2020 Compliance & Ethics Institute into an online virtual...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Ethics and eDiscovery: Fundamentals and Practice Pointers

The four root causes of eDiscovery misconduct are: 1) a general lack of technical sophistication; 2) over-zealous advocacy; 3) neglecting client communication and other professional duties in the case; and 4) legal...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

This Week in FCPA-Episode 80, The Last Jedi Edition

Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the top compliance- and ethics-related stories of the week, including: 1. There are several FCPA 40th anniversary pieces going up these days. The FCPA Blog is looking...more

Morgan Lewis

Significant Changes In Anti-Bribery Laws In Mexico And Colombia Signal A New Commitment To Anti-Corruption Efforts

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For companies with global operations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is no longer the only anticorruption law of significance. Mexico and Colombia recently enacted sweeping anti-corruption legislation aimed at...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

A Federal Judge Said Some Really Nasty and Unfair Things About Me—Can I Appeal?

What standards apply in the federal circuit courts to appeal a finding that a lawyer acted improperly? One particularly confusing area of ethics practice is the test in federal circuit courts to appeal a “finding” that a...more

Morris James LLP

How Courts Can Address Litigation Misconduct Using Ethical Rules

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Attempting to fit a summary of the entirety of the Delaware Court of Chancery's recent 214-page opinion in OptimisCorp v. Waite, C.A. No. 8773-VCP (Del. Ch. Aug. 26, 2015), within the editorial restrictions of this...more

The Volkov Law Group

Commerzbank’s Compliance Catastrophe — Flouting Sanctions and BSA/AML Laws (Part II of III)

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Sometimes a picture is very clear but legal words and concepts are proffered in an attempt to disguise and even deceive. As set forth in the factual statements outlined by the government, and agreed to by Commerzbank, it is...more

The Volkov Law Group

Sifting Through The Ukraine Economic Sanctions

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It is odd how a foreign crisis can have a dramatic impact on the world of ethics and compliance. Foreign policy headaches turn into compliance nightmares when the United States becomes embroiled in foreign events....more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Giving the CCO Teeth: SEC Sanctions Portfolio Manager for Misleading CCO

The SEC brought its first action for misleading and obstructing the work of a CCO this week, finding that a portfolio manager deliberately altered documents and misled the firm’s CCO in an attempt to hide violations of the...more

Saul Ewing LLP

The SEC’s Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program: Statistics Suggest Best Practices for an Effective Compliance and...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, released November 2012, provides the first complete year of data on the activities of the Office of the Whistleblower (“OWB”)...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Rubbernecking on the Ethics Highway

California is justly famous for its highways. But human operation of vehicles makes accidents on the road inevitable. Equally inevitable is rubbernecking: gawking at carnage resulting from highway mishaps. Many drivers simply...more

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