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Further easing of U.S. sanctions and clarification of “new investment” reporting requirement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Following the significant easing of U.S. sanctions against BurmaMyanmar (“Burma”) in 2012, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets

In re Refco Inc. Secs. Litig., Nos. 07 MDL 190207 Civ. 8165, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124456 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 2012)

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Bermuda, USA
  • -
  • March 25 2013

Plaintiff Trustee, as the assignee of the claims of customers of Refco Capital Markets ("RCM") who deposited funds in foreign exchange accounts at

Signs of spring at the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office: challenges, changes, and the impact on global anti-corruption compliance

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 22 2013

Despite regular criticism over the past several years from commentators in both the U.K. and the U.S. with respect to its core competency and

New rules on checking bribery records in China

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • March 4 2013

The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued new Rules on Queries on Bribery Records ("Bribery Record Rules" ), effective on February 6, 2013, which

Convictions of two former E&Y attorneys reversed by Second Circuit

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On November 29, 2012, the Second Circuit reversed the conspiracy and tax evasion convictions of two former Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") attorneys

Russian law amended to require compliance programs

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • February 21 2013

Companies have an express statutory duty to develop and implement measures to prevent bribery Russia's first comprehensive anti-corruption law

U.S. Congress enacts additional sanctions targeting Iran

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • 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

Reduced punishments for fraud in business activity underline the importance of checking counterparties

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • January 17 2013

On 10 December 2012 the amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes came into force. Those changes were introduced by Federal Law 207-

Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, Sal, No. 183 (n.y. Nov. 20, 2012)

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

Plaintiffs, victims and relatives of victims injured or killed in rocket attacks allegedly launched by Hizballah during the Second Lebanon War in 2006

The federal law for the prevention and identification of transactions with funds from illegal sources

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Mexico
  • -
  • December 14 2012

The law was published by the Ministry of Finance on October 17, 2012, and will come into effect on July 17, 2013