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Strategies for Advising Foreign Clients As DOJ Pursues Extraterritorial Criminal Cases Image

Strategies for Advising Foreign Clients As DOJ Pursues Extraterritorial Criminal Cases

Emil Bove

This article addresses some issues to consider, including foreign arrest procedures, contesting extradition, and engaging with prosecutors before a defendant arrives in the United States.

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Chapter 15 Can Impact Foreign Bankruptcy As Well As Domestic Civil Litigation

Francis J. Lawall & Patrick M. Ryan

At first glance, Chapter 15 might appear to have the relatively minor role of staying actions against U.S. assets while the main foreign proceeding moves forward. However, as one recent case out of the Southern District of New York demonstrates, Chapter 15 carries the potential to significantly impact not only the main foreign bankruptcy, but civil litigation in the United States as well.

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What You Need to Know About China's New Privacy Law

Devin Chwastyk & Christian Wolgemuth

The Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (PIPL) went into effect on Nov. 1 and brought with it a suite of new requirements and lingering questions.

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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties Are Best Option for International Subpoenas Image

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties Are Best Option for International Subpoenas

Lanier Saperstein & Samuel Hickey

One provision of the AMLA was added with little fanfare and minimal discussion, yet it could have a significant impact on foreign financial institutions doing business in the United States.

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Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to A Samba Beat Image

Cross-Border Insolvency In Brazil: The UNCITRAL Model Law Dances to A Samba Beat

Nyana Abreu Miller & Raul Torrao

After years of debate, Brazil recently enacted legislation amending its bankruptcy statute and modernizing the Brazilian insolvency system.

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OFAC Asks Non-U.S. Persons to Advance U.S. Foreign Policy Image

OFAC Asks Non-U.S. Persons to Advance U.S. Foreign Policy

Harry Sandick & Gautam Rao

In recent years, U.S. prosecutors and regulators have shown increasing interest in prosecuting people and entities with little or no connection to the United States. This trend has been especially pronounced in the context of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and has also extended beyond the FCPA to the prosecution of white-collar crime more generally.

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A Unique Solution to COVID-19-Related Delays At the U.S. International Trade Commission Image

A Unique Solution to COVID-19-Related Delays At the U.S. International Trade Commission

Robert Angle & Brittanee Petrik

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ITC was forced to suspend in-person hearings and halt its fast-paced schedules while it explored existing technological resources and reliable and secure options available for video conferencing that would protect parties' confidential business information (CBI).

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A Balancing Act: Mitigating Data Privacy Risks in Cross-Border Discovery Image

A Balancing Act: Mitigating Data Privacy Risks in Cross-Border Discovery

Ryan Costello

The intersection of foreign laws governing data collection and cross-border discovery operations continues to be a potentially volatile conjunction.

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Global Increase of FCPA Bribery Cases Raises Specter of Piling On Image

Global Increase of FCPA Bribery Cases Raises Specter of Piling On

Sozi Pedro Tulante & Joshua Drew

The increasing number of regulators and enforcement agencies bringing foreign bribery cases across the globe raises the specter of successive or "carbon copy" cases. Policymakers and practitioners need to be aware of this developing risk and take steps to mitigate it.

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EU Unveils New Online Content and Data Regulation

Krishnan Nair

Say Hello to the Digital Services Act.

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