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Facing legal sanctions and cultural gaffes is often a reality when dealing with healthcare professionals in the Asia Pacific. This briefing from Baker & McKenzie details the regulations and traditional practices governing interactions with healthcare professionals across the region.

As China looks to update its laws to attract overseas professionals, it is also pursuing stronger enforcement measures to fight illegal immigration. Such measures include an improved visa policy, strengthening of border control, and the establishment of detention facilities for foreigners.

The 2012-13 Australian Budget was handed down on 8th May. The promised company tax cuts have been scrapped and the tax burden for foreign investors has been increased. This briefing from Baker & McKenzie's Sydney office discusses how the changes will affect businesses, especially foreign investors.

In Baker & McKenzie's recent webinar, Partners from their IP, employment and international practice groups addressed a variety of issues including the rise of social media marketing; assets and how to protect them; privacy; the right to be forgotten; endorsements; consumer protection; and more.

The focus on high growth markets from UK businesses brings with it compliance and risk management challenges that in-house and external legal teams are being increasingly called to advise upon. Baker & McKenzie examine these growing compliance issues that come with the rise of emerging markets.

In a welcomed decision for the derivatives market and the users of the ISDA Master Agreement, the English Court of Appeal recently handed down its judgment in four related cases including Lomas and others v JFB Firth Rixson Inc. Baker & McKenzie summarise the key points to take away.

In this video, Baker & McKenzie partners from around the world discuss how companies can meet the demands of enforcement authorities around the world by organising compliance around 5 essential elements: leadership, risk assessment, standards and controls, training and communication, and oversight.

On 29 May 2012, Brazil's merger control regime will change significantly. Baker & McKenzie look in detail at the key changes and considers the newly published draft regulations which provide detail on how the pre-merger suspensory regime will work in practice.

There are all kinds of issues a company must tackle to stay out of trouble with anti-corruption authorities. By providing a big-picture view of compliance obligations, this diagram helps identify key areas of vulnerability so that in-house teams can prioritise and use resources more effectively.

A recently published FSA report criticises the investment banking sector's management of bribery risks. This briefing from Baker & McKenzie identifies the deficiencies in systems and controls across a range of areas and outlines what firms should now be doing to improve compliance.