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March 27, 2022
The Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) was founded on April 23, 1914, by representatives of 10 pharmaceutical and toilet products companies under the name “Canadian Association of Manufacturers of Medicinal and Toilet Products”. In 1915, the association changed its name to “Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association”, while in 1965, the association again changed its name to the “Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada (PMAC)”.
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April 30, 2024
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While Brazil adopted its Anti-Corruption Act aimed at companies only on August 1, 2013, with Law #12,846, India adopted an Anti-Corruption Act known as “The Prevention of Corruption Act” on September 9, 1988, which typifies and penalizes bribery offenses involving both individuals (natural persons) and companies (legal entities). Now, let’s delve into the main points of this act below.
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June 27, 2022
On May 9, 2022, the website “Policy & Medicine” published an interesting article signed by Thomas Sullivan titled “McKinsey – Serving as a Double Agent?”. It describes that the Oversight and Reform Committee on the US House of Representatives issued a report concluding that 22 consultants from the renowned McKinsey consulting firm were assigned to work simultaneously with the US government and with opioid manufacturers.
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September 5, 2022
In March of this year, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite, from the Criminal Division of the United States Justice Department, made a speech for his colleagues. The contents of this speech are still unknown to many executives and professionals in the legal and compliance areas, but has brought a very interesting new obligation:
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August 8, 2023
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Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Paris, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) economic organization composed of 38 member countries. Its goal is to stimulate global economic progress and facilitate world trade.
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April 25, 2022
On August 14, 2018, the Brazilian General Data Protection Act (LGPD) – Statute #13,709 established general rules for the protection of every individual's personal data – something that, until then, lacked safeguards and limits on third-party use.
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October 4, 2021
Not many Brazilians are aware that Statute #13,964, of December 24, 2019, emerging from the former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro's anti-crime package, has brought a great innovation that could change the scenery of corruption and other crimes in Brazil, especially the "White collar” ones. It amended another Statute, #13,608, by introducing the role of the informer. Introducing protective measures therefor, such as: (i) full protection against retaliation, establishing specific sanctions for those who retaliate; (ii) exemption from civil or criminal liability in relation to a report in good faith; and (iii) identity confidentiality. Furthermore, the Statute provided for a reward of up to 5% of the amount recovered, when information results in recovery of revenue resulting from crimes against the public administration (government).
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October 30, 2023
ERM, short for enterprise risk management, plays a fundamental role in identifying, preventing, and managing potential risks that may impact business and influence a company's results, ensuring its long-term viability.
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May 15, 2023
With regard to investigations of corruption in Brazil, the police authority, the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), the Prosecution Office and even the Internal Affairs of various public entities are invariably involved.
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Licks Attorneys Compliance’s Blog provides regular and insightful updates about Ethic and Compliance. The posts are authored by Alexandre Dalmasso, our partner. Licks Attorneys is a top tier Brazilian law firm, specialized in Intellectual Property and recognized for its success handling large and strategic projects in the country.
