South & Central Asia

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In a complaint recently filed in Delaware Chancery Court, a shareholder of General Cable Corp. (“General Cable”) has asked the Court to compel the release of documents related to General Cable’s $82 million settlement of claims under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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The 15-member U.N. Security Council (the Council) imposed new sanctions on North Korea (also known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) on November 30, 2016 by unanimously approving a resolution imposing new sanctions — UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2321.

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The resolution is a clear response to North Korea carrying out

UK-Based biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $5.5 million to settle claims that its Chinese and Russian subsidiaries had made improper payments to state-controlled health care providers in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

In an order released earlier this week, the SEC outlined both the

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to a $28 million settlement with software producer PTC, Inc. following allegations of bribes paid to Chinese officials between 2006 and 2011 in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA).

In the administrative proceeding (No. 3-17118), the SEC alleged that two of PTC’s Chinese subsidiaries bribed

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After many years of negotiations, the 12 countries making up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam) finally reached a trade agreement on October 4, 2015.  Note that the