Members of our Government Investigations & White Collar team recently presented a timely webinar on the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). The Act, which has been referred to as “the most consequential anti-foreign-bribery law passed in almost 50 years,” allows the DOJ to prosecute foreign officials who demand or accept a bribe from a … Continue Reading
On Tuesday January 30, we hope you will join a seasoned team of former Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors for what will certainly be a robust a discussion on “the most consequential anti-foreign-bribery law passed in almost 50 years”: the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). Passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), … Continue Reading
Singapore has open-sourced the world’s first AI governance testing framework and toolkit, called “AI Verify”. As a single integrated software toolkit operating within a user’s enterprise environment, AI Verify allows users to conduct technical tests on their AI models, and record process checks for reporting to any shareholders or regulatory bodies. Additional toolkits can be … Continue Reading
“As countries face undeniable emergencies, concentration of power, derogation of rights and freedoms, and as large amounts of money are infused into the economy to alleviate the crisis, corruption risks should not be underestimated,” said Marin Mrcela, the president of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), an anti-corruption monitoring body that is part of … Continue Reading
COVID-19 outbreak has caused major disruption of supply chains and a steep rise in demand for certain products and services, notably in the health sector. These circumstances risk leading to shortages in critical medical goods used to treat COVID-19 patients, but also in other essential goods and services outside the health sector. Tackling these exceptional general supply shocks … Continue Reading
In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (‘WHO’) has named this strain COVID-19. WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on 3 March 2020 that while the world economy is … Continue Reading
On May 25, 2016, the European Union (“EU”) Council and Parliament politically agreed on the provisions that will go into the final version of the long-awaited EU medical device and in vitro diagnostic (“IVD”) regulations. The agreement seeks to fill the regulatory gaps uncovered as technology evolved faster than the current regulatory regime, which had … Continue Reading
