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Adam Pasierbek & Mikołaj Firlej about Business&Law news! Can an economy double overnight? In this day and age an economy can effectively double in size without effort – except maybe from the employees of the statistical office. The case at hand is one of Nigeria, where the Gross Domestic Product soared from around $260 bn in 2013 (situated between Egypt and Hong Kong in global rankings) to around $500 bn– Africa’s largest, and globally in […] read more
White Collar Crime and Foreign Corporations
By Arkady Bukh – a criminal defense lawyer in New York. A manager for a foreign corporation doing business in the United States today needs to be aware of the fact that federal prosecutions of foreign corporations for white collar crime has increased in recent years. This increased activity by the U.S. Justice Department has resulted in high fines and settlements with large foreign corporations such as Siemens which was accused of bribery of officials […] read more
DOING BUSINESS 2013
Business & Law is proud to announce its participation and contribution to the prestigious Doing Business 2013 project held by The World Bank. ”Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 185 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year’s report data cover regulations measured from June 2011 through May 2012. […] read more