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Confounding Ockham's Razor: Minilateralism And International Economic Regulation, Eric C. Chaffee
Confounding Ockham's Razor: Minilateralism And International Economic Regulation, Eric C. Chaffee
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
In Minilateralism: How Trade Alliances, Soft Law, and Financial Engineering Are Redefining Economic Statecraft, Professor Chris Brummer embraces the complexity of the global economic system and its regulation by exploring the emerging role and dominance of varying strands of economic collaboration and regulation that he collectively refers to as “minilateralism.” In describing the turn toward minilateralism, Brummer notes a number of key features of this new minilateral system, including a shift away from global cooperation to strategic alliances composed of the smallest group necessary to achieve a particular goal, a turn from formal treaties to informal non-binding accords and other …
Private Equity And The Fcpa: Deal-Making As Reform Mechanism, Thomas J. Manning
Private Equity And The Fcpa: Deal-Making As Reform Mechanism, Thomas J. Manning
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Greasing The Wheels: British Deficiencies In Relation To American Clarity In International Anti-Corruption Law, Todd Swanson
Greasing The Wheels: British Deficiencies In Relation To American Clarity In International Anti-Corruption Law, Todd Swanson
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Settling With Your Hands Tied: Why Judicial Intervention Is Needed To Curb An Expanding Interpretation Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Pete J. Georgis
Settling With Your Hands Tied: Why Judicial Intervention Is Needed To Curb An Expanding Interpretation Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Pete J. Georgis
Golden Gate University Law Review
This Comment argues that the broad interpretation of the FCPA’s business nexus requirement, which criminalizes payments that both directly and indirectly “obtain or retain business,” encourages prosecutorial abuse and deviates from the intended purpose of the Act. The Justice Department’s expansive approach to FCPA enforcement has cost companies tremendously, even though the Act’s drafters intended for a more balanced approach. Part I of this Comment will discuss the history and background of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and its amendments in 1988 and 1998. Part II will examine the application of the business nexus requirement in United States …
The Sec Management Fraud Program, Russell B. Stevenson
The Sec Management Fraud Program, Russell B. Stevenson
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
This article examines the role of the SEC in controlling management fraud.
Business Accounting And Foreign Trade Simplification Act
Business Accounting And Foreign Trade Simplification Act
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
This appendix is the text of Senate Bill 708, the Business Accounting and Foreign Trade Simplification Act.
Corporate Compliance With The Fcpa, Albert L. Beswick
Corporate Compliance With The Fcpa, Albert L. Beswick
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
American corporations have learned to live reasonably with, if not actually love, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Congress is currently being told that there are things that need correcting in the Act. Congress will eventually face these problems rather seriously so that a bill in some form will amend some of the things wrong with the Act. It is doubtful that any business person of good faith thinks there is anything wrong with the theses behind the Act. Business has learned, to its benefit, to live with the requirements of the Act.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Of 1977
Foreign Corrupt Practices Of 1977
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
This appendix is the text of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
S.708: An Amended Version Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Charles L. Marrinaccio
S.708: An Amended Version Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Charles L. Marrinaccio
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
Explores various modifications to the FCPA.
International Aspects Of The Control Of Illicit Payments, Seymour Rubin
International Aspects Of The Control Of Illicit Payments, Seymour Rubin
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
Article details the international aspects of control over illicit payments. It argues that America's hope for achieving an international code of conduct on illicit payments through negotiations in the United Nations is a forlorn one.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Implications For The Private Practioner, L. Robert Primoff
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Implications For The Private Practioner, L. Robert Primoff
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
This article focuses on the problems of the FCPA as some private practitioners see them. Particularly for those representing small companies, the FCPA has had an adverse effect on the character, extent and quality of our overseas business.