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Congress Passes Customs Bill Containing New Trade Enforcement and Facilitation Measures On February 11, the Senate passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (also referred to as the "Customs Bill") by a 75-20 vote, sending the bill to President Obama's desk for signature. The House of Representatives had passed the bill in December by a vote...
FTC Announces New HSR Thresholds Effective February 25, 2016 On January 26, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced the annual revisions to the filing thresholds set forth in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ("HSR Act"). The revised thresholds will be effective on February 25, 2016. The HSR Act sets forth two primary notification...
Iran Nuclear Deal Is Implemented: A First Look at What It Means for Sanctions Relief and Continuing Compliance On January 16, 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency ("IAEA") declared that Iran had fully complied with its first phase obligations under the July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") to reduce its ability to develop and produce...
Three Ways You May Be Affected by the EU Safe Harbor Ruling Earlier this month, the European Union Court of Justice invalidated the U.S. Safe Harbor, a mechanism that permitted the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area to the United States. The Court's ruling is expected to affect companies (i) that send personal data from Europe to the United States, (ii)...
The Essential Resource for Today’s Busy Insolvency Professional Straight & Narrow By James B. Kobak, Jr. and Ignatius A. Grande1 Social Media Ethics: Keeping Up with Changing Obligations S James B. Kobak, Jr. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; New York Ignatius A. Grande Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; New York James Kobak, Jr. is general counsel with Hughes Hubbard...
Cuba: New Easing of Sanctions Today the White House took another major step to ease sanctions against Cuba, through new regulations issued by the Departments of Commerce and Treasury. See 80 Fed. Reg. 56898 and 80 Fed. Reg. 56915. The new regulations build on authorizations already issued by the Administration earlier this year, further opening up trade relating to consumer communications,...
Regulatory & Compliance | Corruption in Brazil Brazil’s focus on transparency Adjusting to new rules and new risks in an enhanced compliance environment by Felipe Rocha dos Santos B razil enacted the Clean Companies Act (Law No. 12846/13) in August 2013, a law that addressed a significant shortcoming in the country’s anti-bribery system. It established, for the...
U.S. Export Controls Amended to Eliminate Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") today published a rule removing Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism under the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). See "Cuba: Implementing Rescission of State Sponsor of Terrorism...
CPI Antitrust Chronicle June 2015 (2) Antitrust Compliance 2.0: The Use of Structural Analysis and Empirical Screens to Detect Collusion and Corruption in Bidding Procurement Processes Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz Global Economics Group & NYU Stern School of Business & Elizabeth Prewitt Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP www.competitionpolicyinternational.com Competition Policy...
Proposed Export Rules for Technology and Cloud Computing State and Commerce Proposed Rules: Overhaul of Export Controls on Technical Data and Cloud Computing On June 3, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce published proposed rules that would change or clarify definitions of several key terms in State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR")...
A FRICA L AW T ODAY , Issue 2 (2015) ENHANCING FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROTECTION THROUGH ANTI-CORRUPTION COMPLIANCE: A PERSPECTIVE ON DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA By Bryan J. Sillaman and Jan K. Dunin-Wasowicz* I. INTRODUCTION While large parts of the world are on a trajectory of slower economic growth, Africa is home to six of the decade’s ten fastest growing economies.1 But if Africa offers...
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report™ VOL. 108, NO. 2691 APRIL 10, 2015 RESTRAINTS OF TRADE Insurance Contingent Commissions and the Antitrust Laws: What Can We Learn from the In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation? BY WILLIAM KOLASKY AND KATHRYN MCNEECE n 2014, the last of the tag-along actions were settled in the long-running In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust...
Portfolio Media. Inc. | 860 Broadway, 6th Floor | New York, NY 10003 | www.law360.com Phone: +1 646 783 7100 | Fax: +1 646 783 7161 | customerservice@law360.com NY Financial Compliance Landscape May Get Treacherous John Wood Michael Huneke Law360, New York (April 22, 2015, 11:02 AM ET) -Last month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman proposed a New York “Financial...
