Regulatory

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  Google acquires Motorola Mobility, faces antitrust lawsuit in Europe over search results

  By Julie Beck  |  May 23, 2012

  Everybody has their ups and downs.

• Regulatory: Challenging the government’s broad interpretation of “foreign official” under the FCPA

  By Jaime Guerrero  |  May 23, 2012

  At the crux of almost every Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) internal investigation or government enforcement action involving alleged bribery is the question of whether the individual being allegedly bribed is a “foreign official” pursuant to the FCPA.

• Regulatory: Developing a political compliance plan

  By Ronald Jacobs, Lawrence Norton  |  May 23, 2012

  Compliance is an essential component to any political activity. The risks of noncompliance involve not only civil and criminal sanctions, but also reputational harm and bad publicity.

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  8 notable GCs in the news

  By Alanna Byrne  |  May 18, 2012

  Tracking some of the most-significant quotes from general counsel in the mainstream media

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  U.S. companies may still be unprepared for Canada’s anti-spam act

  By Alex Vorro  |  May 17, 2012

  The way companies handle digital communications will soon change north of the border. Canada’s anti-spam legislation, Bill C-28, which was passed Dec. 15, 2010, is expected to be proclaimed in force in late fall 2012 or early 2013. However, while most Canadian companies are aware of the impending changes, a...

• Regulatory: CFTC prohibits certain trilateral agreements in clearing documentation rule

  By Peter Malyshev, Jonathan Ammons  |  May 16, 2012

  On March 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted a final rule regarding customer clearing documentation for swaps.

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  Regulatory: The Forest Service crosses swords with ski area operators over water rights

  By Barbara Lichman  |  May 16, 2012

  The U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), an organization representing ski areas throughout the U.S. are going head to head over a clause recently inserted in permits that allows NSAA members to operate on national forest system lands.

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  JPMorgan’s $2 billion trading loss brings efficacy of the Volcker Rule to light

  By Julie Beck  |  May 14, 2012

  As we all have probably already heard, last Thursday JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion in trading, leaving the financial world reeling and many wondering if the Volcker Rule will have any effect at all.

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  Former SEC chairman speaks out on corporate practices

  By Alex Vorro  |  May 10, 2012

  Arthur Levitt thinks corporate executives can do a better job. The former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman opined yesterday that public companies should prevent top executives from borrowing against their equity stakes.

• Global risk and compliance management solutions

  By Lee O'Connell  |  May 10, 2012

  It is important to gain a perspective of the wider, more inherent challenges to risk management on a global scale, through a clearly defined business risk and compliance strategy.