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August 16, 2011 |

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions Deals

Joseph Spinelli of Navigant and Herrick, Feinstein partner Steven D. Feldman discuss the Justice Department's increased enforcement, and detail methods to prevent FCPA violations now that more corporate transactions will be subject to the department's scrutiny making FCPA safeguards more important than ever.
8 minute read
October 23, 2006 |

On the Merits: When the Law Is Not Enough

The appearance last week was of Gallaudet University paralyzed, trapped between conflicting impulses. So committed are the protesters to the ouster of incoming President Jane Fernandes that it is difficult to imagine life returning to normal anytime soon.
5 minute read
July 30, 2008 |

Freddie, Fannie 'fair values' hardly look fair

Forget everything you've read about how woefully undercapitalized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are. The situation is much worse. Unlike other companies, the two government-chartered mortgage financiers publish quarterly fair-value balance sheets showing what the real-world values of their assets and liabilities supposedly are.
4 minute read
May 15, 2013 |

Budget Deficit Narrows to $642 Billion In New Estimate

The U.S. budget deficit will shrink by the end of fiscal 2013 to $642 billion, the smallest shortfall in five years. The Congressional Budget Office reduced its estimate of the likely shortfall by more than $200 billion compared with its February projections.
4 minute read
December 17, 2001 |

trends in the law

There didn't seem to be anything particularly "high tech" about the events of Sept. 11.
9 minute read
July 30, 2008 |

Obama says he'll order review of executive orders

WASHINGTON AP - Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that "trample on liberty," several lawmakers said.Presidents, as head of the executive branch of government, issue such orders to direct operations of executive branch agencies, like the Justice Department and the CIA.
3 minute read
January 21, 2010 |

Justice Department Uses Undercover Agents To Mount FCPA Sting

Nearly two dozen corporate executives and employees were arrested Monday in Las Vegas and in Miami in the first large-scale foreign bribery investigation using undercover federal agents, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Sixteen indictments were unsealed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging 22 executives and employees in the military and law enforcement equipment industry with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
3 minute read
November 29, 2001 |

U.S. Law Firms Cautious Over China's Entry Into WTO

China's entry into the World Trade Organization has many U.S. companies rubbing their hands in anticipation over the business opportunities they expect to be created by sweeping reforms of the country's legal and regulatory systems. Law firms, however, are more circumspect. China subjects foreign law firms to a raft of restrictions, only one of which is to be lifted under the WTO agreement.
5 minute read
May 06, 2002 |

Mayer, Brown's Echoes of Enron

A lawsuit against Mayer, Brown may be a harbinger of what Enron's law firms face.
6 minute read
March 21, 2003 |

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