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Regulatory: Start worrying about the FCPA “rocket docket”

The recently-announced (and long-awaited) FCPA Guidance is not only explicitly non-binding on government enforcers, but it is also lacking any true news concerning the Department of Justices (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) FCPA enforcement positions.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

10 noteworthy in-house career moves

Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments
14 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Having employees perform work in California can be risky business

Doing business in California is an important strategic objective for many companies. But as enticing as Californias economy may be, its unique employment laws can pose serious liability risks for the unaware.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

DOJ antitrust division collects record-breaking fines in 2012

The Department of Justice (DOJ) certainly wasnt shy about punishing companies that were naughty this year.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

To influence policy, get to know the key players on the issues

For more than 10 years, as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of GoDaddy.com, I had the privilege of witnessing, firsthand, an amazing evolution of law and policy on the Internet.
12 minute read

Inside Counsel

19 percent of execs say their legal and IT teams don’t collaborate well

If it sometimes sounds to you as if the members of your companys IT team are speaking another language, youre not alone.
2 minute read

International Edition

Barclays recruits former FSA chief Sants for new compliance head role

Barclays has appointed Hector Sants, the former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), to the newly created role of head of compliance and government and regulatory relations. Sants, who will join Barclays on 21 January next year, will oversee all compliance activities in all regions the bank does business.
2 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields, Sullivan, Cahill Gordon advise on record $1.9bn HSBC fine

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HSBC on its record $1.9bn (£1.2bn) fine in a settlement with the US Department of Justice for breaching US money laundering and sanctions laws. The magic circle firm advised the bank on the UK law aspects of the settlement with a team led by global financial services head Michael Raffan and London corporate finance head Barry O'Brien.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulators sue NY tour buses for alleged monopoly

Visiting New York City may have just gotten a little cheaper, after state and federal regulators charged two tour bus companies for allegedly running an illegal monopoly that hiked prices for tourists.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Down the rabbit hole to EPA wonderland

On August 21, in in EME Homer City Generation, L.P. v. Environmental Protection Agency, the D.C. Circuit vacated the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Transport Rules governing air pollution emissions, which travel across state boundaries.
9 minute read

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