Diaz Reus News

From soybeans to steel: a complex future for China-Brazil trade relations

by RitaZhao February 23, 2011 Diaz Reus News

byElenice Portz and Xingjian Zhao In 2009, during the midst of the global economic crisis, China quietly displaced the United States as Brazil’s top trade partner. According to Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, bilateral trade between the two emerging BRIC nations exceeded $50 billion USD during the first eleven months of 2010 [...]

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The growing cost of investing in China: a shift in strategy

by RitaZhao February 23, 2011 Diaz Reus News

by Vincent Li Beginning December 1, 2010, foreign enterprises in China were required to pay “municipal maintenance and development taxes” and “educational taxes,” eliminating the last two tax exemptions that were previously accorded to foreign-invested companies. As a result, foreign invested companies enjoy no more tax benefits and bear the same tax burdens and obligations [...]

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Mexico and the automotive industry

by RitaZhao February 23, 2011 Diaz Reus News

by Ricardo Ortiz Gil Lamadrid Mexico provides automotive companies with tremendous business opportunities. This is due to the strength of a unique market that has transformed into one of the centers of the global automotive industry. In the global automotive sector, Mexico has become an export platform. The largest companies in the world are increasingly [...]

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Asset Hunting and Anti-Money Laundering: Justice on the Trail of Tears

by RitaZhao February 21, 2011 Diaz Reus News

By Michael Diaz, Jr., Carlos F. Gonzalez, Sumeet H. Chugani and Xingjian Zhao   I. Introduction On March 3, 2009, a group of scorned investors filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida after being burned by a $170 million offshore Ponzi scheme. These investors sued to get their [...]

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New York high court exonerates advisers for aiding and abetting corporate fraud

by RitaZhao February 8, 2011 Diaz Reus News

By Carlos F. Gonzalez, Esq The Delaware Supreme Court recently affirmed a judge’s order dismissing a derivative action filed against American Inter-national Group’s outside auditor, Price-waterhouseCoopers. Teachers’ Ret. Sys. of La. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, No. 454-2009, 2011 WL 13545 (Del. Jan. 3, 2011). The high court’s order followed a determination by the New York Court [...]

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美国达瑞律师事务所恭祝各位新春快乐!

by RitaZhao February 2, 2011 Diaz Reus News
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Whistle-Blowers, Dodd-Frank and the FCPA: The Perfect ‘Anti-Competitive’ Storm for U.S. Businesses

by RitaZhao January 25, 2011 Diaz Reus News

By Michael Diaz Jr., Esq., Carlos F. Gonzalez, Esq., and Xingjian Zhao, Esq. Diaz Reus & Targ Through the new financial reform legislation, corporate whistle-blowers have been offered an enticing financial bounty designed to encourage them to directly report their employers’ unlawful conduct to the federal government. Unsurprisingly, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act [...]

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New Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Amplify the Importance of an Effective Compliance Program

by RitaZhao January 16, 2011 Diaz Reus News

by Michael Diaz Jr., Carlos F. Gonzalez, and Xingjian Zhao The U.S. Sentencing Commission issued several amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 2010. Among the amendments are two that deal specifically with corporations or "organizational defendants." The first amendment changes the presumption that a compliance program is not effective where senior executives are somehow [...]

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Carlos F. Gonzalez commenting on DeLay appeal

by RitaZhao January 16, 2011 Diaz Reus News

  DeLay was sentenced this week to three years in prison and 10 years of probation for scheming to illegally influence Texas elections. Unlike in most money laundering cases, prosecutors argued he stood to benefit not financially but through political power. In view of the case, our partner, Carlos Gonzalez, a white collar criminal defense lawyer [...]

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Latin America is enjoying growing prosperity as the region develops ever-stronger economic ties with Asia

by RitaZhao December 30, 2010 Diaz Reus News

Emerging Markets Focus: Latin America | Global Finance December 3, 2010 Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP, Partner Robert Lee quoted: Lee believes, however, that most Asian companies in Latin America are not there just to access US consumers. “In fact, some Asian companies have been deterred by the United States’ economic demise and, to a greater [...]

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