Regulatory & Compliance

Anti-Corruption

Justin Williams | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: The UK Bribery Act is now in force. What major provisions distinguish this statute from the FCPA? In what respects does it have a broader reach? Williams: In a number of respects the UK Bribery Act has a broader reach than the FCPA in that activity that would not be an offense under the...

Regulatory & Compliance

George J. Terwilliger III | White & Case LLP

Ten months after Congress created a new whistleblower program for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank"),1the SEC adopted rules to implement the program. By a 3 to 2 vote on...

Regulatory & Compliance

Arthur H. Aufses III, David S. Frankel, Alan R. Friedman, Theodore S. Hertzberg | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

On May 25, 2011, by a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule implementing the whistleblower incentives provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd-Frank"). In a previous Metropolitan Corporate Counsel article...