This due diligence questionnaire is intended to assist you in understanding a risk assessment of proposed business partners before you engage any third party to perform services on behalf of the Company.
This risk assessment framework is intended to assist you in identifying the key internal and external bribery risks facing your business.
This article explores the role of business in resisting and denouncing all forms of bribe solicitation and extortion. It is a chapter in a book titled International Chamber of Commerce Ethics and Compliance Training Handbook which can be purchased <a href="http://www.iccbooks.com/Product/ProductInfo.aspx?id=698">here</a>. You can learn more about the handbook <a href=" http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2013/Ethics-and-compliance-training-book-responds-to-global-need/">here</a>.
A review of officer/director liability in anti-corruption cases under Brazil's new anti-corruption law.
A review of how Brazil's recent Anti-Corruption Law intersects with its Bankruptcy Law, with particular focus on the Bankruptcy Law's allowance of the sale of a business without the inheritance of any liabilities.
The scope of information to be held confidential is remarkably similar for all lawyers, no matter the country you practice in. The real differences are manifested in the exceptions to the duty of confidentiality and the applicability of the duty to in-house lawyers. The exceptions to confidentiality are generally (though not universally) broader in the United States. Do not always assume that US ethics law is the most protective. When it comes to confidential information relating to business crimes or fraud, for example, it often may not be. It is imperative to fully understand and properly analyze confidentiality and choice of law issues where foreign ethics law is involved.
Google was recently ordered to produce a “smoking gun” email that it claimed to be protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Federal Circuit’s ruling represents a troubling trend. It seems that privileged communications are disappearing in the digital age. This article discusses how to mitigate the undermining of privilege in electronic communications.
It is no longer enough for a business to show that it has adopted policies against discrimination and retaliation, and that it has in place a clear and effective process for reporting and investigating complaints. In order to manage risk and reduce liability, it is critical to train and educate employees. Learn more about what this training should look like.
The Anti-Corruption Law entered into force in Brazil last month. Under the new law, parent companies, subsidiaries, other affiliates and consortiums are jointly and severally liable for payment of fines and indemnification of damages resulting from unlawful acts. Read this article for further discussion of the main matters covered by the new law. This article is also available in Portuguese:
<p><a href=" http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1359561">The Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law Comes Into Effect (Portuguese)</a></p>
This check card is a printable resource with practical advice for the dos and don'ts of dealing with attorney-client privilege in the United States.