Various countries and their compliance-enforcing agencies request that companies have “adequate” compliance programs and organizations. But what does that mean? One option to determine whether a compliance program and organization is adequate is to compare the company’s own program and organization with the compliance efforts of other companies (industry standard).…
European Union regulators plan to open a year-long extensive investigation into e-commerce as part of their efforts to…
Boston Scientific Medizintechnik GmbH v AOK Sachsen-Anhalt – Die Gesundheitskasse. Joined Cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 This is a…
On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the interpretation of the “article” concept under REACH Regulation (1907/2006/EC). The case was referred to the Court from the French Conseil d’État in early…
Based on EU recommendations, the Hungarian government is rewriting the entire procurement act, in a move expected to…
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out…
At today’s meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council (“FAC”), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate “spoilers of the dialogue process in line with the UNSCR 2174 which allows for the listing of individuals who threaten the peace, stability or security in Libya, or who undermine its political transition.” The FAC…
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery…
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International (“TI”) launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (“CPI”) 2014. The CPI ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. In this latest CPI, 175 countries are included. Significance of the CPI The CPI Index was established in 1995 as a…