Regulatory & Compliance

Board of Directors

Steven L. Henning | Marks Paneth LLP

Introduction Members of the board of directors have overall responsibility for the activities of the organization. The board acts on behalf of the shareholders to make policy decisions and provide oversight. By design, a corporate board has great power and also great responsibility. While...

Private Equity

Lowenstein Sandler PC

The private equity industry is the latest target of an unprecedented explosion in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement by U.S. regulators. As the industry expands to emerging markets overseas and faces new Dodd-Frank regulations, private equity firms and hedge funds are...

Anti-Corruption

Stephen M. Nickelsburg, Adam T. Klauder, Simone M. Peek | Clifford Chance

Medical device companies that do business in emerging markets face the prospect of great reward as well as great risk. Increasingly, one of the major risks is exposure to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and similar international anti-bribery laws and regulations. A key...