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The New Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law Comes into Effect

By Shin Jae Kim and Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Co-heads of the Compliance Practice Group at TozziniFreire Advogados and Juliana Sá de Miranda, Partner in the White Collar Crimes and Compliance Practice Groups at TozziniFreire Advogados

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>

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The New Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law Comes into Effect (Portuguese)

By Shin Jae Kim and Renata Muzzi Gomes de Almeida, Co-heads of the Compliance Practice Group at TozziniFreire Advogados and Juliana Sá de Miranda, Partner in the White Collar Crimes and Compliance Practice Groups at TozziniFreire Advogados

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.

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The Financial Conduct Authority - Focus on the Prevention of Financial Crime (UK)

By Allen & Overy

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.

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Reform of the German Competition Law

By Ellen Braun, Jürgen Schindler, and Martin Bechtold; Allen & Overy LLP

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

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Anti-corruption Laws in Asia Pacific

By Norton Rose Fulbright

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.

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The state of play in the pharmaceutical industry: Generics and competition law – Seeking the game rules

By Virgílio Mouta Pereira, Researcher, Magellan Association

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.