Whether you are considering expansion within a new area of business or exploring opportunities for a merger, acquisition, joint venture or similar business alliance, inherent concerns exist. Has there been full and honest disclosure of facts? Will the...

While eradicating fraud is not 100% possible, companies can do more to both mitigate and reduce the financial, reputation and operational impact associated with fraudulent activities by introducing appropriate policies and process, as well as conducting...

Internal and external fraud, bribery, corruption, misappropriated assets and accounting irregularities are some of the risks facing companies and other organizations, both large and small. An effective investigation often involves interviews of...

The Beijing Arbitration Commission (the BAC) is an arbitration institution registered in Beijing, China for resolving contractual disputes and other disputes over rights and interests in property between natural persons, legal persons and other organizations. The Chairman of the BAC (the Chairman) or, with the authorization of the Chairman, one of the Vice-Chairmen or Secretary-General of the BAC, shall perform the duties and obligations...

Click to read BAC's article: "Characteristics of the Commercial Mediation" (Chinese Only).

A private equity fund considering investing in a Sri Lankan tea plantation called Kroll to investigate the plantation and its promoters to ensure that there is no history of fraud, and that they operate in a compliant and ethical manner. Kroll identifies that the tea plantation and the individuals associated with it do not exist and concludes that the entire issue is an elaborate fraud. In a typical M&A transaction, the investor will approach...

Over the next few weeks, Milan, Paris, London and New York will knock down their slick runways and conclude their respective 2011 fashion weeks. While there will be much talk about the length of hemlines, the use of tulle over silk organza, and whether ‘black’ is the new ‘black’, there will be modest coverage of the real story in fashion—how quickly and dramatically fashion’s audience has changed. When I say audience, I don’t mean the mostly...

Employers continue to wrestle with the issue of whether to require employees and prospective employees to divulge their social media passwords. Read our analysis.

The regulatory fallout from the financial crisis continues across the economy.
 The underfunding of state and municipal pension funds is sparking new regulatory attention for both the funds themselves and the financial service companies which service them. At the same time, the whistleblower and proxy access provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, for example, will present long- term challenges for corporate compliance and...

The latest developments in Europe’s clean technology sector show how investors can be subject to significant political and regulatory risks even within developed countries such as Spain, the Czech Republic, and Italy. Where these risks are present, fraud is often not far behind. In order to reach the European Union’s (EU) decrease the level of these feed-in tariffs. target of obtaining 20% of energy from Certain jurisdictions made major...