GLG News in Legal, Economic & Regulatory Affairs

Marco Vicenzino's Analysis: Iran Sanctions

Marco Vicenzino's The Rhetoric and Reality of "Change" in America

The U.S. is becoming increasingly protectionist just as the Europeans, previously known for their protectionism, are opening their markets to trade with developing and emerging countries in Asia, Africa, and other regions. This could spark a long-term decline in U.S. prosperity and reduce the ability of U.S. companies to compete internationally as parts of their global supply chains become harder...

Reliance on nuclear-produced electricity is a strategic decision reached decades ago. This decision stirred surprisingly little opposition domestically. The validity of the decision is upheld in tems of CO² credits.

The lack of enough investments in oil production capacity in Opec countries, among others, for the last decade led us to the situation we have now. In this case, the stock market investors just took advantage of that situation when they contribuited to rise the price; they did not create it. Heads of states like Putin, Ahmadinejad and Chavez somehow combined their oil policy in...

Parmalat's adverse ruling may send mix messages to financial advisors!Class action certification may come under greater scrutiny!

UBS AG agreed to buy back nearly $20 billion in ARS from investors, and pay a fine of $150 million as part of an investigation led by New York Attorney General  into the bank’s potential misleading customers in view of Sarbanes-Oxley Act ( SOX) premises.   As UBS AG works from Switzerland, the country that is famous for its secretive banking system, there’s a big problem with complying...

Companies that are most at risk of election law violations are those that do not have clear policies in place that define what is/is not permissable under the law.  In this case, it appears that a senior business executive confused contributing to the political process with contributing to specific candidates.  Moreover, it appears that he attempted to use his position in the organization...

While the U.S. Congress may be putting the breaks on the prospect of any future U.S. Free Trade Agreements, non U.S. FTA deals continue to proliferate around the world.  Over 400 new FTA's have been notified to the World Trade Organization, three quarters of those since 1997.  With the looming failure of the WTO's Doha Trade Round, countries like Brazil have said they will...

The trend by corporations is to demonstrate in some form that they are a green company. Going green can have numerous definitions from a product that is eco-friendly to reducing a company's carbon footprint by use of alternative energy.