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A Primer on Canada’s Foreign Anti-Corruption Enforcement Regime

By Wendy Berman, Jonathan Wansbrough

To assist corporations and individuals in better understanding the nature of the risk they face in Canada, this paper provides an overview of Canada’s foreign corrupt practices regime, highlights recent cases and developments and outlines risk mitigation strategies, including a robust compliance program and anti-corruption due diligence in certain corporate transactions.

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The Brussels Court Of Appeal Recognizes In-House Counsel Legal Privilege

By Damien Gerard, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

On March 5, 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal issued a landmark judgment recognizing that, under Belgian law, legal advice rendered by in-house counsel (and related correspondence) benefits from a protection equivalent to legal privilege. The Judgment was given in a case opposing telecommunications incumbent Belgacom to the Belgian competition authority. Pursuing a long-time effort in defense of in-house counsel privilege, Cleary Gottlieb represented pro bono the Belgian Institute for Company Lawyers as intervener in support of Belgacom.