Legal Updates: International Law & Trade

Legal Updates by JD Supra December 6, 2012 International Law & Trade   Follow popular law news & updates with JD Supra on LinkedIn Today Follow JD Supra »   No More Ifs, Ands, and Buts — Anti-Corruption Compliance Now The FCPA Guidance could not have been clearer; it could not have offered more incentives and carrots to the business community. If you adopt and implement an...more by Michael Volkov SEC Releases New CD&Is on Iran Disclosures The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law on August 10, 2012, added new Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act, requiring issuers...more by Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and the Jobs Act SEC Releases New CD&Is on Iran Disclosures The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law on August 10, 2012, added new Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act, requiring issuers...more by Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and the Jobs Act Can a Party to Bribery be a Victim under the Crime Victim Rights Act? It is the matter that my This Week In FCPA colleague Howard Sklar calls “This little lawsuit that could.” As reported by the FCPA Professor last...more by Thomas Fox COP18 - Doha 2012: Day 9 of the Conference Introduction - The high-level segment of the conference opened on Tuesday 4 December 2012, sandwiched between further contact group meetings and informal...more by Reed Smith [Video] Ritholtz: 'Dot Com Bonus Envy' Stymies Wall St. Reform Dec. 5 (Bloomberg Law) -- The unregulated multi-trillion dollar derivatives market exceeds global GDP and poses a clear danger to the global economy, Chris...more by Bloomberg Law COP18 - Doha 2012: Day 8 of the Conference Introduction - "It must be understood that what we are negotiating here is a complete transformation of the economic structure of the world. This cannot...more by Reed Smith House Financial Services Subcommittees Hold Joint Hearing on Impact of Basel III Proposals On November 29, two Subcommittees of the House Financial Services Committee held a joint hearing regarding the federal banking agency proposals to implement...more by BuckleySandler LLP What Does a Community Bank in Dickson Have in Common with Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase? Basel III Originally published in the Tennessee Bar Association - December 1, 2012. Coming soon may be an answer to this question. Ask any banker what she...more by Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada, PLLC DOJ and SEC Release Long-Awaited FCPA Guidance On November 14, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly released A Resource Guide to the U.S....more by Cohen & Gresser LLP Bank of England Cites Euro Crisis, Bank Stress as Financial Risks The Bank of England has issued a report citing bank stress and the euro sovereign debt crisis as the biggest short-term threats to global financial...more by Shipkevich PLLC SEC Rule 15a-6 Enforcement Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") charged four India-based financial services firms for providing brokerage services to U.S....more by Proskauer Rose LLP Cooperation Arrangement Would Permit Swiss Alternative Investment Funds to Access EU Market On December 3, 2012, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) approved a cooperation arrangement between the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory...more by Proskauer Rose LLP International workplace dispute practices: key concepts for today's global employers Increasingly, companies with operations or employees in more than one country are exposed to the risk of court proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction and the...more by Proskauer - International Labor Law Miami EB-5 Regional Center Application Gets Boost From Proposed Panorama Tower Project: Will Chinese Investment in Florida Skyrocket? The EB-5 Visa is important to Florida real estate development (as well as the Florida economy overall) because it is a great incentive for foreign investors to...more by Rosa Eckstein Schechter Developments in Eastern Congo Highlight Need for Companies to Prepare for SEC Conflict Mineral Rule Compliance Recent gains by rebel groups in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") have complicated efforts for U.S. companies to...more by Venable LLP Legislative Update Report No. 2012-22 - Nov 30, 2012 In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut;...more by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP INTERPOL's Fight with Corruption: Round and Round We Go INTERPOL's role in the world of law enforcement, boiled down to its bare bones, is to aid its member countries with two things: 1) alerting them to the...more by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. Three Important Lessons from the FCPA Guidance for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies The US Chamber of Commerce "praised" the FCPA Guidance. The Chamber did not get what it wanted but it had to recognize that the FCPA Guidance was helpful for...more by Michael Volkov DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Tort Litigation: Reforming NEPA Review of Energy Projects The President's re-election once again focused attention on the question of whether the Administration will grant the Presidential permit necessary for the...more by King & Spalding See more International Law & Trade articles » You’ve received this email because you opted to receive email updates from Legal Updates powered by JD Supra. To stop receiving this email digest, click here. 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