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Attacks From Abroad
Last fall, we wrote a two-part article in this publication predicting, in part, that more U.S. companies would be implicated and sued by foreign countries and foreign-owned companies in an effort to reduce corruption. These actions are heavily encouraged by international conventions and countries...
Read MoreLitigation Readiness: How To Take Back Control Of The Discovery Process And Control Litigation Costs
For in-house attorneys, the costs of discovery rise when Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is uncontrolled. The objective of the litigation readiness process is to make sure that the IT professionals and the legal professionals, who certainly speak different languages, understand the...
Read MoreUncovering Foreign Corruption Risk Before It Covers You
Through the centuries of international business, bribing government officials to influence or secure a positive result has been a common and accepted way of conducting business. Until recently, bribes were even tax deductible in France and Germany. Today we enounter a very different story....
Read MoreU.S. Companies Could Be Implicated As China Aggressively Prosecutes Bribe Recipients - Part II
Read Part I of this Article Summary of Part I (Appearing in The October 2007 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel): The FCPA, a thirty-year-old U.S. statute has received unprecedented attention in recent years. Largely this is due to the tremendous increase in international pressure on...
Read MoreU.S. Companies Could Be Implicated As China Aggressively Prosecutes Bribe Recipients - Part I
Read Part II of this Article In 1977 the U.S. passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The FCPA prohibits a wide array of businesses and individuals from bribing foreign officials to obtain a financial benefit in that country. It took over twenty years for the rest of the world to begin to...
Read MoreProactive Solutions For FCPA Investigations And Compliance
Editor: Please tell our readers about your practice at UHY. Jaffe: UHY International, one of the world's leading business advisory, consulting and accounting networks, operates in189 offices in 57 countries with 4,500 professionals. In the U.S., UHY Advisors has about 1,500 professionals in 22...
Read MoreTips For Complying With E-Discovery Retention Requirements
Editor: Please tell our readers about your professional experience and how it enhances your ability to assist clients with e-discovery? Herman: My background has always been in technology. In college, I enjoyed math, particularly the application of mathematics to real-world problems, so I found...
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