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Drafting agreement mires energy companies in bid-rigging claims in Michigan

  • Constantine Cannon LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 25 2013

NorthStar Energy LLC is suing Encana Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, alleging the

Conflict minerals rule weekly recap 13 February 8, 2013

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Democratic Republic of Congo, European Union, Japan, USA
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  • February 18 2013

Seiko Epson Corporation, commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese electronics company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer printers

Energy executives convicted of sending false reports to industry newsletters

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2013

Its not often I write about criminal cases but this is one that all executives in the commodities industry need to know about. In Brooks v. United

U.S. Congress enacts additional sanctions targeting Iran

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Iran, USA
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  • January 31 2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes the “Iran Freedom and

Conflict Minerals Rule weekly recap 8 January 4, 2013

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
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  • January 14 2013

The Institute of Internal Auditors message board started a thread titled “Conflict Minerals Internal Audit Role” discussing what role internal audit

OFAC amends ITSR to implement ITRA and executive order 13622

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

On December 26, 2012, the US Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions

Minimising corruption risk from counterparties in the natural resources sector

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 5 2012

As regulators and prosecutors around the world increase their efforts to combat corruption and bribery, companies need to monitor the actions of third parties as closely as those of their own employees

FERC issues order proposing nearly a half-billion dollars in civil penalties

  • Day Pitney LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 5 2012

On Halloween the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order1 (Order) directing Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) and four individuals from its Western U.S. electricity trading operations (Traders) to show cause why they should not be found to have violated the Federal Power Act and FERC prohibitions against energy market manipulation

The Iran Threat Reduction Act readers beware

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • October 10 2012

The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (the "Act"), the latest in an ever expanding arsenal of US-based long-arm jurisdiction statutory instruments, was passed into law on 10 August 2012

$7,000 in improper meals and golf outings leads to nearly $1.7 million penalty for energy company

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2012

New York has a particularly strict law concerning gifts to members and employees of the New York Public Service Commission (the PSC), which regulates utilities in New York