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Anti-corruption digest - April 2013

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Canada, India, Indonesia, Poland, South Korea, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 29 2013

On April 22, 2013, Ralph Lauren Corporation entered into non-prosecution agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United

Anti-corruption digest

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Greece, India, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 22 2012

Last month Tyco International Ltd. agreed to pay $26.8 million to resolve U.S. charges that it paid bribes to officials of foreign governments and misreported such payments, in violation of the FCPA

Meaning of “consent not to be unreasonably withheld” in a commercial contract

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2012

The High Court considered the meaning of the frequently used contractual term that "consent not be unreasonably withheld" in the context of a Share Purchase Agreement

Obligations to negotiate in good faith

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 25 2012

Two recent cases have considered express contractual agreements to negotiate in good faith, and found them not to be enforceable

Senior BP executive allegedly took bribes

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2012

BP’s global chartering manager, Mr Lars Dencker Nielsen, allegedly accepted cash payments in return for giving multi-million pound contracts to a shipping magnate

C-MAR directors face bribery trial

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 27 2011

C-MAR, the Aberdeen-based specialist marine services company, has been charged with corruption along with five of its directors

Springboard injunctions

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2012

The High Court considered the circumstances in which a ‘springboard injunction’ will be granted

The UK’s Bribery Act of 2010: the obligations and risks it imposes on US employers with business in the UK

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 21 2011

The UK Bribery Act is expected to come into force shortly

£70 million contracts corruption case

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 20 2012

Four men have been found guilty of allegedly conspiring to corruptly obtain payments in return for supplying confidential information about a number of high value oil and gas engineering projects

Meaning of “all reasonable endeavours”

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2012

The High Court has held that the duty to use “all reasonable endeavours” can require a party to act against its own commercial interests, but made clear that the requirement to act against one’s own commercial interests relates only to matters within a party’s control

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