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Franchising in Asia
The new, three-towered Marina Bay Sands Resort looms over downtown Singapore like a giant Chinese character. It is a vast, eye-popping Las Vegas-style property with 2,500 rooms, daring architecture, a casino (controversial for Singapore), an enormous convention center, and a shopping mall for which the term “upscale” would be too timid. The hotel is topped by an outdoor Sky Park sporting an infinity pool that seems to threaten a 200-meter plunge to swimmers who venture too near the edge.
As a symbol of Southeast Asia's brimming economic confidence, the Marina Bay Sands was the perfect venue for the Franchising Licensing Asia 2010 (“FLAsia 2010″) exposition, held on Oct. 21-23, and a concurrent International Symposium on Franchising organized by the International Franchise Association. FLAsia 2010 and the International Symposium both showcased the vibrancy of Asian franchising. Despite a modest number of exhibitors compared with franchise expos in the United States, one could not escape the impression that much of franchising's future lies in Asia.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.