Transparency International’s Defense & Security Program recently released for comment a draft version of the 2019 Questionnaire and Model Answer document for the third edition of its Defense Companies Anti-Corruption Index. The deadline for companies to provide feedback expired on Nov. 2, 2018. Unlike TI’s previous editions of the DCI…

Baker McKenzie hosted the Canada Aerospace & Defense Roundtable to discuss the security challenges facing Canada and its allies around the world featuring keynote speaker General Tom J. Lawson CMM, CD, Fmr CDS and Commander of NORAD.

Baker McKenzie’s Aerospace & Defense Compliance Bullet highlights significant compliance developments relevant to companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry and offer practical guidance with respect to business operations in various regions.

Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme launched Licence to bribe? Reducing corruption risks around the use of agents in defence procurement, a continuation of its longstanding efforts to combat corruption in the defense industry

In this article, we explain how a corporation can create and maintain an anti-corruption “culture of compliance.”

The last four years have been a time of dramatic change for many companies in the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. At the same time, the FCPA risks increased.

US companies and others subject to jurisdiction under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) can be held vicariously liable for an FCPA violation committed on their behalf or at their direction by third partie

On April 27, 2015, Transparency International UK (“TIUK”) released the Defense Companies Anti-Corruption Index 2015 (the “Index”). The Index, which was first released in October 2012 and now updated for the first time since then, assesses the transparency and quality of the ethics and anti-corruption compliance programs of 163 defense…

As companies expand into overseas markets, they are increasingly turning to joint ventures (“JVs”) with local companies instead of acquisitions or establishing their own local greenfield operations. This trend is not surprising and is likely to continue. A JV with a local company usually offers faster market entry and can…

It is a time of dramatic and unsettling change for many companies in the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. This period of great change has been characterized by a declining U.S. defense budget with continuing uncertainty over the impact of sequestration. A recent report on U.S. military spending issued by…