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Compliance: it starts at the top

  by [email protected] Whether you are a small to medium sized enterprise, or a large multinational corporation, creating a culture of compliance starts at the top. This compliance culture should permeate your entire organization starting with the Chief Executive, the Chief Financial Officer, and the corporate counsel.

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Trade Compliance–Why Bother

by Janet Labuda [email protected] I worked in Customs for over thirty years and met regularly with importers to discuss trade risk, compliance, and enforcement. Often, companies would express their concerns about the cost of compliance–the proverbial cost benefit analysis. If money is spent to create a compliance

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Will President Trump Revive Section 2 of the Sherman Act?

CartelCapers by Robert Connolly

By Bradford L. Geyer [1] When I concluded by summer of 2015 that our next President would be Donald Trump, my closest friends and associates were skeptical. Having grown up in the New York media market and reading the “Art of the Deal” after college, I studied

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MDFL: Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to Biodiesel Racket

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Two Florida men have recently pleaded guilty in the Middle District of Florida for defrauding biodiesel buyers in a multi-state racket. Thomas Davanzo and Robert Fedyna employed shell companies to create a system of false credit exchange that led to losses for target biodiesel consumers and

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NDGA: Two Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging, Expose Foreclosed Homes Racket

Cinnaminson, NJ-  Michael Stock and John Stovall Jr., Georgia real estate investors, pleaded guilty in the district court of the Northern District of Georgia to bid rigging and fraud in public auctions.  Exposing a systematic scheme to defraud the housing market, Stock and Stovall explained that they,

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SDOH: Two Japanese Companies, Their U.S. Subsidiaries, and Over 100 Charged in Automotive Bid Rigging Scandal

Cinnaminson, NJ-  The southern district of Ohio has announced the indictment of two Cincinnati companies’ executives and the charging of over 100 others following investigation of U.S.-Japan automotive parts bid rigging racket.  Toque Kogyo Co Ltd and Maruyasu Industries Co Ltd came under fire for fixing prices for body sealing

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DOJ: Investigation into Automobile Maritime Shipping Racket Continues, Fourth Charge Made

Cinnaminson, NJ- Following investigation multi-corporation shipping racket with emphasis on the fixture of the roll-on, roll-off cargo (automobiles) market, the fourth individual indictment has been made. Mauricio Javier Garrido Garcia, of South American CSAV, has been charged for consciously fixing trade routes, rigging bids, and adjusting prices

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Hitachi Chemical Plea Agreement Part 1- Robert Connolly

Hitachi Chemical Plea Agreement: Part 1—Enhancement of Compliance Program as a Condition of Probation

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China Refused “Market” Status in Lieu of Steel Industry Depression

Cinnaminson, NJ- In spite of small, yet noticeable developments in deregulation and economic liberalism, global trade superpowers (EU, United States, Australia) remain firm in refusing recognition of China as a “market economy.” Still a financial system of fixed exchange rates and governmental oversight of prices, China’s officials

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Defend Trade Secrets Agreement (DTSA) Signed with International Implications

Cinnaminson, NJ- Federal protection of private labor and intellectual property continues to grow in extension, allowing for more honest business competition and a freer flow of exchange. In conjunction with the recent Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a multinational free-trade zone among Pacific exporters, on 5/11/16 Obama signed the Defend

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