Editor's picks
Alstom bids highlight need for ABC due diligence
May 01, 2014, GIR
As Siemens and General Electric battle to acquire French engineering company Alstom, GIR takes a look at how companies protect themselves when taking on potential liabilities stemming from government investigations.
SEC official: should our assessment be driven by the whims of a jury?
April 30, 2014, GIR
US Securities and Exchange Commissioner Daniel Gallagher yesterday rejected a colleague’s criticisms that the agency has been too lenient in its enforcement of penalties against larger companies.
Jobs for favours in China: how the US could bring a case
April 28, 2014, GIR
With two investigations underway into whether companies hired Chinese officials’ relatives as a way of a bribe, lawyers tell GIR how US authorities may prove this type of case.
Spain adopts UK/US style foreign bribery laws
March 31, 2014, GIR
Spain has widened its jurisdiction of international corruption to include acts of bribery that occur outside Spanish territory, in a set of reforms that came into effect this month.
Alstom investigating “limited number of projects”, says counsel
March 28, 2014, GIR
French conglomerate Alstom is focusing its FCPA investigation on a select number of projects agreed by the US Department of Justice, the company’s external counsel says.
Akin Gump awaits Dahdaleh legal costs decision
March 14, 2014, GIR
A UK judge will decide next week whether Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Mark MacDougall committed ‘serious misconduct’ in his involvement with the Serious Fraud Office's collapsed Victor Dahdaleh bribery trial, which would allow Dahdaleh to recover legal costs from him and the firm.
Supreme Court SOX decision less significant in light of Dodd-Frank, observers say
March 07, 2014, GIR
A US Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday extended Sarbanes-Oxley’s whistleblower provisions to employees of private contractors to publicly traded companies, though observers say the decision is unlikely to have a significant effect as whistleblowers increasingly turn to Dodd-Frank.
UK lawyers question FCA's use of attestations
February 26, 2014, GIR
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked compliance officers to sign documents that force them to take ultimate responsibility for certain internal controls at banks. Practitioners question this approach, saying the policy was designed to hold only the most senior executives to account.
An interview with David Sonter
February 13, 2014, GIR
David Sonter is Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s corporate country partner for Brazil. He has over 10 years’ experience of the legal climate in Brazil and he talks to GIR about the challenges of advising clients there as well as the new anti-corruption law that’s just come into force.
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