Legal Updates: Mergers & Acquisitions

Legal Updates by JD Supra December 6, 2012 Mergers & Acquisitions   Follow popular law news & updates with JD Supra on LinkedIn Today Follow JD Supra »   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 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 Five Essentials of a Chief Compliance Officer Position Most of Shakespeare’s histories involve issues relating to kingship and how a king might reign. In some of the plays, such as Henry V, the example is of...more by Thomas Fox Pharmaceutical Anti-Corruption Compliance Conference In Philadelphia December 11-12 The pharmaceutical; medical device and medical supply industry have all been hit hard by Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions. Just this...more by Thomas Fox COFC Disagrees With GAO Regarding VA Set-Asides In a decision issued November 27, Kingdomware Techs., Inc. v. United States, No. 12-173C, Judge Firestone of the Court of Federal Claims ("COFC") ruled that...more by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP [Video] Investor Confidence Is 'Sky High' in Latin American Economy Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Marcelo Mottesi, head of the Global Securities Group and member of the Latin America Practice Group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy...more by Bloomberg Law FTC Commissioners Disagree on Limits of Section 5 Applicability to Conduct Not Otherwise Covered by Antitrust Laws The balancing of antitrust enforcement with intellectual property protections is often controversial. Equally controversial is identifying the outer limit of...more by Mintz Levin - Antitrust Barney Frank Takes Advantage of GOP Confusion Over SEC-CFTC Merger Two weeks ago we wrote about the growing call for an SEC-CFTC merger from both sides of the aisle. Now, Barney Frank is making one last push for the merger...more by Shipkevich PLLC North Carolina Business Court Defers To Delaware Courts In Class Action Challenging Sealy Merger Maybe one day North Carolina will be the center of the business litigation universe, but for now the center of that universe remains in Delaware. The...more by Brooks Pierce [Video] Law Firms Eye Mergers In Race To Go Global Dec. 3 (Bloomberg Law) -- Kent Zimmermann, consultant at the Zeughauser Group, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the market forces behind a recent...more by Bloomberg Law Using History to Create or Rebuild a Compliance Culture I have worked for and with a number of companies that may seem to have lost their compliance path and have become embroiled in a lengthy Foreign Corrupt...more by Thomas Fox Good News, Bad News and Missed Opportunities on "Successor Liability" The FCPA Guidance contains good news and bad news. When I ask one of my kids which they want to hear first … they inevitably choose bad news first. With...more by Michael Volkov Illinois Supreme Court: Subject Matter Waiver Doesn't Apply to Most Non-Court Disclosures This morning, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court has held that the doctrine of subject matter waiver of attorney-client and work product privileges does not...more by Sedgwick LLP It's Your Business Newsletter -- December 2012 In This Issue: ..Export Controls: Increased Enforcement Demands an Effective Export Compliance Program - United States exporters are subject to...more by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC His Last Bow: Sherlock Holmes and Embracing Chaos To Build Compliance Programs I thought about this final Holmes short story when I read an article in the November edition of Fast Company, entitled “Secrets of the Flux...more by Thomas Fox See more Mergers & Acquisitions 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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