We rarely think about emergencies before they arrive on our doorstep. Yet, the recent civil unrest in Baltimore has presented another eye-opening reminder that no one can predict how or when an emergency might strike. While it might come as a fire or a flood – rather than a riot…
Effectively managing corporate compliance efforts in today’s regulatory environment–preventing corporate officers and employee from engaging in illegal practices,…
On March 16, a bill which introduces an important reform to Chilean Antitrust Law was signed by the…
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).…
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…
As Law No. 20,393, which “Establishes Criminal Liability for legal entities arising from certain felonies of money laundering,…
On 23 October 2014, Transparency International published a report which analyzed the enforcement of the the Organisation for…
Last week we analyzed the view of US antitrust enforcers on the existence of a compliance program when assessing the punishment for cartel violations. How do other countries treat the existence of a compliance program? In Australia, Canada, the UK, Chile, France, India, Israel, Singapore and the UK, antitrust agencies…