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May 2018
International Trade Regulation Concerns in Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence
Speaker: William M. Hannay, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Bill Hannay is a partner in the Chicago-based law firm, Schiff Hardin LLP. A graduate of Yale College and Georgetown Law School, Bill concentrates his practice in U.S. and international antitrust and trade regulation. He is a past chair of the ABA Section of International Law and served in the ABA House of Delegates and on the Board of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative. He is the Co-Chair of the Uniform Law Commission’s Joint Editorial Board for International Law…
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White Collar Defense in India: Roadmaps and Roadblocks
Speaker: Arundhati Katju, Attorney, Columbia Law School Human Rights Fellow ’17 LLM
Companies doing business in India inevitably run the risk of facing criminal prosecution. These can arise following disclosures under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, when relationships with JV partners sour or under a host of regulatory statutes. India has a robust business and economic crimes jurisprudence that includes vicarious liability for directors for criminal offences. The Indian criminal justice system also differs from the US on key issues, such as plea-bargaining. This talk provides an overview of the Indian criminal…
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