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International Legal Highlights – July 2019

International Legal Highlights – July 2019

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FCPA Updates for Global Companies


Paul M. Thompson | Tony Maida | Michael W. Peregrine | Sarah E. Walters | Michael S. Stanek

In recent months, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued important guidance for global companies on corporate compliance programs and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) self-disclosure program. Taken together, this recent DOJ guidance reinforces that companies will receive significant benefit from the US government when they develop robust compliance programs that will both prevent and detect corruption – and when potential FCPA violations are promptly identified, remediated, and reported to the DOJ. Even in circumstances where misconduct is pervasive or involves upper management, a company’s exemplary actions may nonetheless result in a prosecution declination or cooperation credit.

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Euro Fifty Million GDPR Fine on Google by French Data Protection Authority


Romain Perray

On 21 January 2019, the CNIL, the French data protection authority, fined Google LLC (“Googleâ€) € 50,000,000, for two types of infringements: (i) violations of the obligations of transparency and information as required by Articles 12 and 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPRâ€) in relation to Google’ system of information provision to Android users; and (ii) a violation of the obligation to have a legal basis as required by Article 6 GDPR in relation to its advert personalisation services.

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BEYOND CFIUS: FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEWS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES


David J. Levine | Raymond Paretzky

The United States is not the only country bolstering its protections against foreign investment that may compromise national security.

US legislation recently strengthened the law that authorises the President, through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), to review and possibly block foreign investments if CFIUS finds they adversely affect US national security.

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グローãƒãƒ«ä¼æ¥­ã«å¯¾ã™ã‚‹FCPAアップデート


Paul M. Thompson | Tony Maida | Michael W. Peregrine | Sarah E. Walters | Michael S. Stanek

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EURO フランス個人データä¿è­·å±€ã«ã‚ˆã‚‹ã‚°ãƒ¼ã‚°ãƒ«ã«å¯¾ã™ã‚‹5000万ユーロã®GDPR制è£é‡‘


Romain Perray

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CFIUSã‚’è¶…ãˆã¦ãƒ¼ç±³å›½å¤–ã«ãŠã‘る外国投資審査


David J. Levine | Raymond Paretzky

米国ãŒã€å›½å®¶å®‰å…¨ä¿éšœã‚’å±ã†ãã™ã‚‹å¯èƒ½æ€§ã®ã‚る外国投資ã«å¯¾ã™ã‚‹ä¿è­·ã‚’強化ã™ã‚‹å”¯ä¸€ã®å›½ã§ã‚ã‚‹ã‚ã‘ã§ã¯ãªã„。確ã‹ã«ã€ç±³å›½ã¯æœ€è¿‘ã€ç±³å›½ã®å›½å®¶å®‰å…¨ä¿éšœã«æ‚ªå½±éŸ¿ã‚’åŠã¼ã™ã¨å¯¾ç±³å¤–国投資委員会(CFIUS)ãŒèªã‚ãŸå ´åˆã«ã€å¤§çµ±é ˜ã«å¯¾ã—ã€CFIUSを通ã˜ã¦å¤–国投資を審査ã—ã€å ´åˆã«ã‚ˆã£ã¦ã¯é˜»æ­¢ã™ã‚‹æ¨©é™ã‚’èªã‚る法律を強化ã—ãŸã€‚ä»–ã®æ”¿åºœã‚‚ã“れã«å€£ã„ã€ã‚»ãƒ³ã‚·ãƒ†ã‚£ãƒ–åˆã¯é‡è¦ãªç”£æ¥­ã€æŠ€è¡“ã€ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ•ラをå«ã‚€ã¨æ€ã‚れるビジãƒã‚¹ã«å¯¾ã™ã‚‹æµ·å¤–直接投資(FDI)を審査ã™ã‚‹ãŸã‚ã®CFIUSã«é¡žä¼¼ã—ãŸåˆ¶åº¦ã‚’採用åˆã¯å¼·åŒ–ã—ã¦ã„ã‚‹ã®ã§ã‚る。

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