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Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen: Battling Corporate Corruption In Brazil And The Problems With A Decentralized Enforcement Model, Michelle A. Winters Jan 2015

Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen: Battling Corporate Corruption In Brazil And The Problems With A Decentralized Enforcement Model, Michelle A. Winters

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Corporate Governance In Search Of The Shareholder-Manager Balance Of Power, Razeen Sappideen Jan 2015

Corporate Governance In Search Of The Shareholder-Manager Balance Of Power, Razeen Sappideen

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Assessing Effectiveness Of International Private Regulations In The Csr Arena, Martijn W. Scheltema Jan 2014

Assessing Effectiveness Of International Private Regulations In The Csr Arena, Martijn W. Scheltema

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Managing Conflicts Of Interest In China's Public Sector: Fighting Corruption At The Early Stage, Hao (Victor) Wu, Xiaoqi (Claudia) Sun Jan 2014

Managing Conflicts Of Interest In China's Public Sector: Fighting Corruption At The Early Stage, Hao (Victor) Wu, Xiaoqi (Claudia) Sun

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Issuing New Shares And Preemptive Rights: A Comparative Analysis, Marco Ventoruzzo Jan 2013

Issuing New Shares And Preemptive Rights: A Comparative Analysis, Marco Ventoruzzo

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Issues, Mike Koehler Jan 2013

An Examination Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Issues, Mike Koehler

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

This article provides an overview of 2012 Foreign Corrupt Practice Act enforcement and examines the top FCPA issues from the year. The goal of the article is to place FCPA enforcement in better context and provide readers a more informed base in analyzing enforcement trends, assess- ing enforcement agency rhetoric and policy positions, and in sifting through the mounds of information disseminated by FCPA Inc.


Business Insolvency And The Irish Debt Crisis, Paul B. Lewis Jan 2012

Business Insolvency And The Irish Debt Crisis, Paul B. Lewis

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Hedge Fund Regulation: A Comparative Approach: United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, And Germany, Anne Riviere Jan 2011

The Future Of Hedge Fund Regulation: A Comparative Approach: United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, And Germany, Anne Riviere

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Stakeholder Theory In Corporate Law: Has It Got What It Takes?, Andrew Keay Jan 2010

Stakeholder Theory In Corporate Law: Has It Got What It Takes?, Andrew Keay

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

There has been much debate for many years regarding what should be the objective of the large public corporation. This issue is important for a number of reasons, not least of which is that the theory nominated will underpin corporate governance and dictate, to a large extent, the kind of corporate governance system that will exist. As far as the corporation’s objective is concerned, two theories have been dominant: the shareholder primacy theory and the stakeholder theory. The former is operative in what I will call “Anglo-American jurisdictions,” namely jurisdictions that model their law and practice on one or both …


Universal Corporation Business Overview: Presentation To The University Of Richmond And Questions With Preston Wigner, General Counsel, Christopher L. Rathlev Jan 2008

Universal Corporation Business Overview: Presentation To The University Of Richmond And Questions With Preston Wigner, General Counsel, Christopher L. Rathlev

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

George C. Freeman, III presented a business overview of Universal Corporation at the University of Richmond on September 5, 2007. Prior to joining Universal Leaf Tobacco Company in 1997, Mr. Freeman served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and for the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also spent time as an associate with Hunton & Williams, an international law firm. Mr. Freeman was elected General Counsel and Secretary of Universal Corporation in February 2001 and Vice …


Business, Labor And Law In The Global Economy: Resolution Of International Employment And Labor Disputes, William K. Slate Ii Jan 2005

Business, Labor And Law In The Global Economy: Resolution Of International Employment And Labor Disputes, William K. Slate Ii

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Global Corporate Reorganization/ Global Corporate Governace: Imperfect Information And Credible Commitment, Bernhard Grossfield Jan 2004

Global Corporate Reorganization/ Global Corporate Governace: Imperfect Information And Credible Commitment, Bernhard Grossfield

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Rebuilding Accountability In The Boardroom, Stephen M. Davis Jan 2003

Rebuilding Accountability In The Boardroom, Stephen M. Davis

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Emergence Of A Private Banking Sector In The Czech Republic, Phillip M. Stupak Jan 2003

Emergence Of A Private Banking Sector In The Czech Republic, Phillip M. Stupak

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Corporate Governance In The Sultanate Of Oman, Ellen Kerrigan Dry Jan 2003

Corporate Governance In The Sultanate Of Oman, Ellen Kerrigan Dry

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

While the United States’ capital market has had its headline-grabbing scandals involving companies such as World Com and Entron, the capital markey in the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) has also experienced its share of corporate troubles affecting not onlt large Omani companies such as National Rice Mills SAOG and Oman National Investment Company Holdings SAOG, but also dozens of smaller companies, which have had to turn to the government to assistance.


Corporate Governance In The Emerging Markets Of The Global Village: Latin And South America, Rhoda Karpatkin Jan 2003

Corporate Governance In The Emerging Markets Of The Global Village: Latin And South America, Rhoda Karpatkin

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

Corporate governance scandals in America have focused public attention once again on global governance issues. Issues that are not solely corporate or business concerns, they have become public, political, and ethical concerns. They have become economic concerns, particularly due to the erosion of public confidence in the integrity of corporate leadership and the institutions that are charged with their oversight.


Corporate Responsibility And The Regulation Of Corporate Lawyers, James M. Mccauley Jan 2003

Corporate Responsibility And The Regulation Of Corporate Lawyers, James M. Mccauley

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

On July 30, 2002, in an effort to demonstrate to the American public a resolve to crack down on corporate scandals such as Enron, Adelphia, WorldCom, and Global Crossing, President Bush signed into law the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002”. Proclaiming that the new law will restore investor confidence, reform the oversight of public accounting and increase the transparency of corporate financial statements…


Foreigners At The Gate: Foreign Direct Investment Regulations & Dispute Resolution Mechanisms In The People’S Republic Of China, George O. White Iii Jan 2003

Foreigners At The Gate: Foreign Direct Investment Regulations & Dispute Resolution Mechanisms In The People’S Republic Of China, George O. White Iii

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

The elevation of law over politics is very new in China and the extent to which it is to be taken seriously is not always clear to the Chinese involved. The Chinese official and the Chinese citizen are part of a political structure in which the Party’s will and policies have been the most effective law… Laws and regulations have to be understood in this wider context of a society in which the formal legal position is only one consideration and still often not the most important.