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On April 10, 2013, the United States Sentencing Commission promulgated its annual amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines. These amendments continue the trend of stiffened sentences for economic crimes.
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The CFPOA makes it a Canadian federal crime to bribe, directly or through a third party, a foreign public official "in order to obtain or retain an advantage in the course of business." How Canada is strengthening its anti-bribery rules.
There is no express statute of limitations governing lawsuits instituted by the SEC) including for violations of the FCPA; thus, the federal "catch-all" statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. ' 2462, applies to any such claims for civil penalties.
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COMI (center of main interests) becomes a challenge when a debtor ' whether company or individual ' is effectively multi-national, an increasingly common circumstance.
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A recent Supreme Court ruling means that all prior lower court decisions addressing the mental state requirement for defalcation have little or no precedential value.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) for the Eighth Circuit recently held that a lender "lost its possessory lien when it turned the Debtor's account funds over to the Trustee <I>without first seeking adequate protection."</I>
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UK Lord Justice Jackson's case management and litigation cost reforms are the most earth-shattering developments in recent UK civil procedure history, with serious ramifications that extend across the pond to U.S. companies.
With the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, and "conflict minerals" has become a household word. Here's how to comply with the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule.
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The NLRB has revisited an age-old doctrine to define a new role for itself that will ensure continued viability outside the context of organized labor. That doctrine is "concerted protected activity,"
