March 1, 2011
A recent survey by Deloitte found potential trade violations to be a deal breaker for the majority of companies surveyed. Sixty-two percent of respondents to Deloitte’s annual “Look Before You Leap” survey of more than 500 corporate executives, investment bankers, private equity executives and hedge fund managers renegotiated or pulled out of deals over the [...]
April 15, 2010
Please take a minute to answer the following unscientific and highly subjective poll! Based on your answers, I will feature more posts on these exciting trade compliance categories in the future.
July 10, 2009
Frederic Bourke, namesake of handbag company Dooney & Bourke, was found guilty today by a US jury of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (commonly called FCPA). Jurors found Bourke conspired with Czech expatriate Viktor Kozeny to bribe to Azerbaijan leaders including former President Heidar Aliyev to spur the sale of the state-owned oil [...]
June 26, 2009
China and the US are airing their issues at the WTO the last day or two. Yesterday, the US and EU jointly filed a complaint that China violates international trade laws by curbing exports of certain raw materials such as antimony, bauxite, indium, yellow phosphorous, magnesium carbonate, and rare earths. (So that’s why magnesium carbonate [...]
