Overview

The 2012 Annual Outlook from K&L Gates underlines the importance of businesses staying ahead of the rapidly changing relationship between business and government in order to remain competitive in the global economy.

The report offers in-depth analyses of recent news-making events, regulatory developments, and government policies of interest to leaders in the public and private sector. More than 40 articles examine issues and trends driving the agenda for business and global government, including such topics as:

• the implementation of Dodd-Frank's whistleblower program and changes to U.S. regulation of investment;


• the safety of customer assets after MF Global;


• European Union international trade sanctions;


• anti-corruption and enforcement foreign corrupt practices act/anti-corruption: what to expect in 2012;


• EU Data Protection: Poised for Reform in 2012;


• further steps towards the harmonization of copyright law in the European Union;


• the UK Localism Act 2011;


• anti-bribery enforcement in China; and


• significant legal developments in Taiwan in 2011.

Additionally, the latest legal and policy developments are given in areas such as antitrust and competition, anti-corruption, energy and environment; IP, data protection, and telecommunications; labor and employment; healthcare and life sciences; and betting and gaming, among others.

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