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Things American developers should know about contracting in England

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 26 2010

The common language between the United States of America and England can lull people into a false belief that the process of procuring building works will align

BAE Systems pleads guilty, pays hefty fine to settle bribery charges

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 9 2010

On February 5, 2010, British defense contractor BAE Systems PLC (BAE) reached separate agreements with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to conclude long-running investigations into whether BAE made improper payments to foreign officials in order to secure lucrative defense contracts

Innospec Limited: first ‘global settlement’ between a cooperating company and the UK and US authorities

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 26 2010

Innospec Limited, a subsidiary of Innospec Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company based in the US, and a manufacturer of a lead-based anti-knock fuel additive called Tetraethyl lead (‘TEL’), pleaded guilty in the UK in Southwark Crown Court on 18 March 2010 to charges brought under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 of conspiring to give or agree to give corrupt payments (contrary to section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906) to Government Officials in Indonesia as inducements to secure, or as rewards for having secured, contracts with the Indonesian Government for the supply of TEL

Debarment procedures - the fate of government contractors in the US and the UK

  • McGuireWoods LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 27 2011

In the EU and in the US, companies and individuals can be suspended or even debarred from public procurement on public policy grounds if they are found or suspected to have committed specific offences

SFO obtains convictions in private sector oil and gas corruption case

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 16 2012

The UK Serious Fraud Office has recently obtained convictions against four individuals who received corrupt payments in return for the disclosure of confidential procurement information relating to the award of £66 million offshore oil and gas engineering contracts in Iran, Egypt, Russia, Singapore and Abu Dhabi

DoD issues interim DFARS provision regarding USUK defense trade treaty

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 13 2012

On May 22, 2012, the US Department of Defense (DoD), DAR Council issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom (Treaty

New opportunities for U.S. defense contractors as UK looks to ‘outsource’ jobs to private sector

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 19 2012

Two recent announcements indicate a desire by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) to rely more heavily on the private sector in the coming years thus creating potential new markets for U.S

Satellite system procurement 101

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 28 2012

Satellite system procurements are, today, more challenging than ever

US-UK defense trade treaty: procedures for contractors

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 15 2012

On May 22, 2012, the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Acquisition Regulations Council issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom

Global Pricing Newsletter: volume two

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • China, Global, United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 27 2013

Pharmaceutical and biologic manufacturers operate in an increasingly global economy where legal developments in one market may have cascading impacts