Skadden Arps – This Hong Kong regulatory update is intended to provide a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the HKEx) and their advisers, including HKEx announcements and rule changes, …
Today the SEC announced that it will pay $30 million to a whistleblower in the largest award ever doled out by the agency. (See the SEC announcement here, and The Wall Street Journal’s coverage here.) This news is monumental and will send shock waves around the financial world—along with gut checks within compliance and legal …
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The Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group is pleased to announce the release of a practical video guide to the Canadian Competition Act merger review process. This video presents a complex legal process in an engaging and easy-to-understand format.
Small companies have it rough. Limited resources make local expansion difficult. International expansion is harder still. So small companies seeking recognition overseas need to be creative. Unfortunately, unbridled creativity is dangerous and often leads to government investigations, FCPA violations, and criminal fines. And don’t think that smaller companies don’t register on the DOJ’s radar. It’s …
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Baker & McKenzie – Disclosure of environmental, human rights and social risks is moving from its home between the glossy pages of voluntary reports into the hard-nosed realm of mandatory legal requirements, as evidenced by recent developments in the European Union and India. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports have proliferated in the past decade, but …
