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Early this year, the Anti-Corruption Law came into effect. It introduces administrative and civil liability on legal entities for illicit acts practiced against local and foreign public administration. Learn more about how this law will be enforced. This article is also available in Portuguese:

<p><a href="http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1361091">The New Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law Comes Into Effect (Portuguese)</a></p>

Brazil's 2014 Anti-Corruption Law introduces administrative and civil liability on legal entities for illicit acts practiced against local and foreign public administration. Learn more about how this law will be enforced. This article is in Portuguese.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently emphasised the importance of its responsibilities in relation to the prevention of financial crime within those sectors of the UK financial services industry that it regulates. The term “financial crime” encompasses a broad range of areas that are relevant for UK and international financial institutions, including: data security, money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, fraud and sanctions breaches.

This is a sample non-compete agreement between a buyer and seller.

This article summarizes the 2013 reform of the German Competition Law and assesses the potential impact on competition practice in Germany.

The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of international and national anti-corruption regimes within an Asia Pacific context. It highlights how corporations should best approach anti-corruption compliance, transactional and third party due diligence and corruption investigations. It also examines related issues from anti-money laundering and whistleblowing regimes.

An article discussing the use of social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter by employees, and what employers need to consider when employees use these outlets on or off of the clock.

This article discusses the scope for applying EU Competition Law, by critically analyzing both the recent European Commission’s policy and the views taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) and by the General Court (GC), with regard to the misuse of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) related procedures and reverse payments.

An interview with Gil Ohana

Embedded within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are significant employment litigation risks that have virtually nothing to do with the structure or content of health insurance plans. Read on to learn more.