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Inside Counsel

Compliance officers well-compensated but face challenges

In-house counsel know how important compliance is. But many of them say they have a hard time enforcing it within their companies.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Commercial human spaceflight and the arms control problem

Despite the fact that many commercial human spaceflight companies have thus far been financially fueled by adventurer-billionaires, everyone in this emerging industry agrees that the goal is economic sustainability.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Southwest Airlines GC announces retirement

The airlines Vice President and General Counsel Madeleine Johnson announced yesterday she will be retiring from the company for which shes worked for the past five years.
10 minute read

International Edition

Debevoise takes Rolls-Royce role on SFO bribery and corruption probe

Debevoise & Plimpton is advising Rolls-Royce on a probe by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into bribery and corruption allegations involving intermediaries in overseas markets. Last week the company confirmed it had passed on information to the SFO regarding alleged malpractice in Indonesia, China and other countries.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

7 deadly sins of “green” marketing

The color of the new millennium is definitely green. Over the past 10 years there has been a veritable explosion of the green machine, spawning a whole lexicon of green language, green expectations and green statements.
9 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters calls time on cooperation agreement with Brazil ally Lefosse

Linklaters has ended its Brazil cooperation agreement with Lefosse Advogados as a number of law firms rethink their local operations amid faltering hopes for market liberalisation. The firm called time on the agreement in October after the Brazilian Bar unanimously voted to uphold the rules for foreign firms in Brazil, which allow firms to offer international legal advice but stipulate strict demarcation between foreign and local practices.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

HSBC might pay $1.8 billion fine in money-laundering settlement

HSBC Holdings PlcEuropes biggest bankcould soon pay big bucks for money-laundering lapses.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: A little-known anti-smuggling provision packs a knock-out anti-trafficking punch

Those studying todays compliance trends and hot topics will surely have noticed that 2012s U.S. efforts to fight human trafficking and other forms of forced labor around the globe have gained an exceptionally powerful new ally, namely, the U.S. business community.
9 minute read

Inside Counsel

Record $5 billion in False Claims Act penalties issued this year

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that the False Claims Act reached a record $5 billion in penalties in the federal fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: What you should know about the CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been busy since it began enforcing the federal consumer financial laws on July 21, 2011.
5 minute read

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