Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The present article briefly introduces the case’s background and the objection surrounding the illegality of the investment. The Tribunal, quoting the World Duty Free v.

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GovCon & Trade

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You are reading the January 2024 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. To stay up to date, subscribe to our GovCon & Trade blog.

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GovCon & Trade

DECEMBER 7, 2023

You are reading the November 2023 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. To stay up to date, subscribe to our GovCon & Trade blog.

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GovCon & Trade

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You are reading the September 2023 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. Two noteworthy Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlements were announced in September. First, U.S.

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VWV

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A full list of our procurement blogs, including checklists for contracting authorities and suppliers to make sure you are ready for the Act, can be found here Procurement Law Articles & Blogs.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 15, 2024

The Supreme Court of Iran has rendered a historic decision, providing insight into the proper interpretation of Article 139 of the Iranian Constitution concerning administrative approvals for agreements to arbitrate, which has been considered to be a major hurdle to arbitration in Iran. Law will specify the important cases intended here.”

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 4, 2025

This article provides a brief summary of these developments, starting with a national perspective and discussion of the key issues regarding the draft amendments to the PRC Arbitration Law. Correspondingly, the draft also removed the requirement of an arbitration commission to constitute a valid arbitration agreement.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 28, 2024

Since the announcement, whistleblower advocates have noted that the whistleblower program has the potential to greatly bolster the DOJ’s efforts to combat fraud and corruption. Kohn’s piece echos an article published in April by former-SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee. On May 24, leading whistleblower attorney Stephen M.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

“Interviews with attorneys who participate in the program and a review of SEC decisions — along with court cases challenging some of those decisions — portray a program straining under the weight of its success,” the article states. The article features insights from leading whistleblower attorney and advocate Stephen M.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In his article “ The Future of Public Infrastructure is Digital “, Bill Gates envisions a world where infrastructure is smarter, more efficient, and digitally integrated. Fraud Detection : Machine learning models can monitor procurement transactions for irregularities, reducing corruption risks.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 2, 2024

On its part, the Respondent raised several objections to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, specifically pointing to several instances of corrupt and illegal acts allegedly committed by Worley at the making and during the operation of the investment. Worley may have willfully failed to monitor and investigate Tecnazul’s corrupt activities.

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GovCon & Trade

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

You are reading the August 2023 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. To stay up to date, subscribe to our GovCon & Trade blog. There were also a few China-related actions.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Kohn previously outlined the reforms in an article for the National Law Review. Anti-Corruption Strategy. Kohn of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto appeared on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the seven whistleblower reforms that are most urgently needed in 2024. All seven of these reforms have strong bipartisan support,” Kohn says.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 24, 2024

Morgan Securitie s LLC in which the company agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges that it impeded the ability of advisory clients and brokerage customers to blow the whistle to the SEC. This was the largest penalty ever levied by the SEC for such a violation.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 3, 2024

Satyendra was murdered over 20 years ago upon exposing corruption involved in the construction of India’s largest highway project at the time, which resulted in poor quality of work and the looting of public money. Many think of a specific name of a whistleblower whose story became a national sensation.

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Telles.eu

APRIL 13, 2023

Now, thanks to an Ezra Klein article in the NYT about industrial policy , an incidental topic only loosely connected with public procurement, I think it is possible to encapsulate the idea. This article from the WSJ hits the nail on the head with clear examples of said objectives leading to fraud.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In a recent Bloomberg Tax article , whistleblower attorney Stephen M. American taxpayers require an effective anti-corruption program at the IRS, and its Whistleblower Office is key to this initiative. In 2022, John Hinman became the Director of the Whistleblower Office and began implementing measures to improve the program.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

derivatives markets,” wrote Kohn in an article calling for the passage of the bill. “The bipartisan Whistleblower Fund Improvement Act will ensure that the CFTC whistleblower program will not be a victim of its own success and can continue to help root out fraud in the U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 5, 2024

The DOJ announced a sprint to develop the program in March and whistleblower advocates noted that the whistleblower program had the potential to greatly bolster the DOJ’s efforts to combat fraud and corruption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 20, 2023

According to the DCC, Article 54(4) of the UAE Federal Arbitration Law No. This decision ushered a shift in the position of the DCC, which was then formally settled through the recent decision of the General Assembly and which references Article 54(4) of the UAE Arbitration Law. Concluding Remarks General Assembly’s Decision No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

This article provides an overview of recent changes introduced to the arbitration regime of Ethiopia, such as the ratification of the New York Convention (“NYC”) and the subsequent adoption of a national arbitration law with a particular focus on the enforcement of interim measures and awards.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The CFTC Whistleblower Program has proven to be highly effective in combating commodities fraud as well as international corruption,” said whistleblower attorney Stephen M. derivatives markets,” wrote Kohn in a previous article calling for the passage of the bill. Kohn of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto. “We

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 8, 2023

In doing so, the Supreme Court confirmed the cardinal rule of procedural autonomy in Article 1700, §§ 1 and 2 BJC, which enacts Article 19 of the UNCITRAL Model Law. We then move on to France, where we publish extracts from three judgments of the French Supreme Court. The first two are commented on by Prof.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Wearing a second hat as an author of an article, Gaillard strongly criticised the SGS II approach. Therefore, Gaillard’s same conviction regarding umbrella clause travelled from his written memorial as a “counsel” to an article as a “scholar” further to an award as an “arbitrator” within a span of two years.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 3, 2024

World-renowned law professor, Masaki Iwasaki, argues that countries should “ Reward whistleblowers who expose environmental crimes ,” in a recent article in the esteemed journal Nature. Whistleblowers are invaluable guardians of our natural environment, and complement law enforcement,” writes Professor Iwasaki.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 23, 2024

An award conflicts with public policy if it was induced by fraud or corruption or was procured in breach of natural justice (see section 59 of the AA). Judicial independence in Guyana is ensured by Article 122A of the Constitution of Guyana , but perhaps a true picture requires an analysis of decisions.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 5, 2024

Article 16 of the PRC Arbitration Law provides that an arbitration agreement must contain three particulars, including a designated arbitral commission selected by the parties. Without this, an agreement is invalid by way of Article 18. Accordingly, Articles 16 and 18 of the Arbitration Law of the PRC had been satisfied.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2024

Its existence precludes disputing parties from bringing their dispute to court: see Article 3 of the Arbitration and ADR Law of the Republic of Indonesia (“Arbitration Law”), which stipulates that Indonesian courts have no jurisdiction to try disputes between parties bound by an arbitration agreement.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Accordingly, this article will analyze the approach applied by Lithuanian courts regarding the enforcement of annulled foreign arbitral awards. Lithuania is no exception. The Territorial, Westphalian and Transnational Theories Most agree that annulled awards may still be recognized and enforced outside of the arbitral seat.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Improper retention of privileged and confidential legal documents : P&ID improperly obtained, retained, and misused Nigeria’s privileged and confidential legal documents, and used these to monitor whether its corruption had been uncovered and to track Nigeria’s case strategy throughout the arbitration.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. This continuous data flow strengthens public trust by minimizing corruption risks and reaffirming a commitment to transparency. Waste broadly refers to suboptimal decision-making in the allocation of public resources.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted a Notice of Covered Action (NoCA) for an enforcement action taken against the 3M Company over allegations that a subsidiary company based in China violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). 3M agreed to pay the SEC $6.5

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

More progressively, Article 26 of the 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules obliges the arbitral tribunal to discuss with the parties the possibility of amicable settlement of the dispute or of individual disputed issues. Such a provision could be easily incorporated into the existing institutional rules, for instance, in Article 24.2

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 10, 2024

Key Takeaway – The Decision Narrows Federal Government Authority to Prosecute Corruption by Local Officials By carving out rewards, or gratuities, offered and accepted after an official act, the Supreme Court has substantially narrowed the scope of Section 666. View the full article

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The SCCAs joinder provisions (Article 12) are one such feature that is particularly important in construction disputes. Equally important is the SCCAs provision for the early disposition of claims or defences (Article 26). Other features of the SCCA rules are also worth highlighting.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But also when you’re dealing with the export of defense articles, you’ve got to deal with a whole other set of issues. company is going to obtain a commercial export license for those defense articles from the State Department, which will allow them to negotiate with and sell directly to a foreign government.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In the 2023 Fiscal Year , the agency received whistleblower tips on “market manipulation, spoofing, insider trading, corruption, illegal swap dealer business conduct, recordkeeping or registration violations, and fraud or manipulation related to digital assets, precious metals, and forex trading.”

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