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Piercing The Corporate Veil In An Era Of Globalisation And International Terrorism And The Emergence Of The Lawyer As Gatekeeper And Whistleblower, John H. Farrar, Christoph Pippel
Piercing The Corporate Veil In An Era Of Globalisation And International Terrorism And The Emergence Of The Lawyer As Gatekeeper And Whistleblower, John H. Farrar, Christoph Pippel
John H. Farrar
[extract] Concern about the abuse of the corporate form has led to some useful European research, and the topic has received attention from the OECD. Since September 11 2001, we have had greater concentration on the financing of terrorism. This has led to international initiatives which have in turn resulted in domestic legislation. The legal and self regulation adopted by this and recent measures such as the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 resulting from collapses such as Enron, is beginning to have an impact on the traditional roles of lawyers. New responsibilities are being imposed on lawyers to act as …