All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Regulation & Administrative Law

Voluntary compliance was in essence what we had before. Looking at Corporate America more closely is important, but not with a microscope. The ultimate affect of Sarbanes-Oxley will lead to more money for accounting firms and the creation of compliance issues that may eat into the profit structure...

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's decision in Popowsky underscores the importance of rate-related benefits in demonstrating that a proposed merger affords sufficient "affirmative benefits" to satisfy the statutory "public interest" standard. Popowsky indicates that promises of continued "good corporate...

- Public health is indeed a complex issue. Yet drugs are routinely dispensed to children without proper study and issues of long term use and studies are not mandated and or even hinted at by the FDA. - If the role of the FDA is to improve health then why is that alternative herbal medicines are not...

-Noting the people screaming loudest are the people inside the Beltway.-Improving fuel use by vehicles benefits the entire Country.-Technology drives up the costs of a products, yet long-term benefits accrue elsewhere.-Using such statements would hold better weight and credibility if it was not championed...

China issued its Regulation on Commercial Franchises (“Regulation”) on February 6, which will be effective on May 1. Where many uncertainties remain, the Regulation represents a major improvement over the past regulatory regime in (i) the “two plus one” requirement is relaxed. The Regulation dropped...

The article reflects the lack of consensus on Kyoto amongst EU Member States.Lack of consensus on targets also translates, more importantly, into lack of consensus on Clean Development Mechanisms.Lack of consensus on Clean Development Mechanisms freezes important Emissions Trading...

In the context of the new EU overall energy and environmental strategy, the European Commission proposed on 31 January a revision to the 1998 fuel quality directive that will have far-reaching implications for the oil industry. Oil industry representatives are up in arms, claiming that the...

This short and sharp article should be carefully considered by any senior manager worth his salt. “Companies that prosper in an environment of changing climate and policies will tend to be those that are early to recognise its importance and inexorability, foresee at least some of the implications...

The related areas of energy policy & climate change are now firmly at the forefront of the European Commission’s program for the years ahead. Despite tactical retreats, as on CO2 emissions targets for the motor industry, the overall trend points towards significant liberalization of energy...

The analysis looks at how Hawala is used, and where this mode of funds transfer is dominant.It examines how al-Qa'idah, and other terrorist groups, has changed its funds transfer methods post 9/11 to counter international efforts to curb flow of funds through Hawala.