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Growing Demand for Sustainability Advice Has Law Firms Scrambling to Keep Up

COVID-19 has increased clients' focus on environmental, social and governance issues, say a broad range of top advisers.
6 minute read

International Edition

Hitachi Appoints US Lawyer as First Group Chief Compliance Officer

California-based David Karas takes on the role as compliance comes into focus in Japan.
2 minute read

International Edition

EY Canada's Business Law Head Exits For Toronto Firm

The departing managing partner led the Big Four firm's business law services group for nearly five years.
2 minute read

International Edition

Meatpacker JBS Is Latest Brazilian Company Slapped With FCPA Violations

The case against the world's biggest meat processor highlights the expanding jurisdictional reach of U.S. authorities and their pursuit of cases with ties to Latin America's biggest economy.
4 minute read

International Edition

US Companies Face Compliance Dilemma as China Readies 'Unreliable Entity' List

After more than a year, China has finally published the legal provisions for its "Unreliable Entity List," which does not bode well for U.S. firms in particular, lawyers say.
5 minute read

International Edition

DLA Piper Expands Consulting, Legal Services Offering

The firm's enhanced legal services offering will cater to clients' business needs and help the firm in the war for talent, its global co-CEO said.
2 minute read

International Edition

B20 Integrity and Compliance Taskforce Hopes to Empower Women to Fight Corruption

"One of the things that we're trying to do through the integrity and compliance task force is to empower women to recognize when they are being solicited for bribes in their business life and give them the tools to resist solicitation and to know how to report corruption," Danielle Cannata, the co-chair of the B20's Integrity & Compliance Taskforce and senior counsel at Saudi Basic Industries Corp., said.
7 minute read

International Edition

America's CEOs Stated A New Goal. Now Law Firms See Opportunities in Getting Them There

Firms such Wachtell, Paul Weiss, Freshfields and Winston & Strawn are guiding clients toward Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) goals.
9 minute read

International Edition

Mining Giant Appoints Weil As Legal Adviser

The U.S. firm has been appointed to 'provide legal advice to the board', the company said.
2 minute read

International Edition

Africa's Lawyers Offer a View Into the Depth and Scale of Corruption On the Continent

No group of individuals can offer as clear a glimpse of corruption on the continent as its best lawyers, who talk to Law.com International about the corruption they encounter, and what's being done to stamp it out.
8 minute read

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