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[INFOGRAPHIC] Energy Law In Review: Big Bucks and Black Gold
May 24 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorBusiness is booming in the oil and gas industry, which means it is also booming for the lawmakers and dealbrokers that make transactions happen. In this infographic, find out who the biggest law f...
EADS and Tales of Whistleblowers: A Compliance Nightmare?
August 21 by Thomas FoxWhat is a compliance professional’s worst nightmare?Last week, Howard Sklar and I speculated on why the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) would announce it was opening an investigation into the activities...
Managing Risk in the Energy Industry - Advanced Contract Risk Management
May 14 by Thomas FoxFor any in-house practitioner or lawyer in private practice who represents corporations, I believe that identification, assessment and management of risk is the key service that you can deliver. Risk...
Will The Spectre Of Macondo Loom Large Forever?
April 26 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn this exclusive podcast, Oil & Gas talks with Tom Fox, LexisNexus Top 20 legal blogger, former council at Halliburton and Principal of Tom Fox Law. An expert in compliance issues, Tom covers a r...
The Texas Anti-Indemnity Law – what does it mean for your business?
March 12 by Tim HaïdarOn 1 January 2012 new anti-indemnity law came into effect in Texas with important ramifications for the oil industry. Passed into statute books by Texas Governor Rick Perry, the Texas Anti-Inde...
TI Take-Homes: Guidance on Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Due Diligence for M&A Transactions – Part I
October 23 by Thomas FoxTransparency International (TI) recently released, in draft form for consultation, a White Paper entitled "Anti-Bribery Guidance for Transactions." Although this version was preliminary draft, avail...
The -ties That Bind: Liabilities, Indemnities and Warranties after Macondo
October 11 by Tim HaïdarThe blowout at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico has changed the face of the oil and gas industry forever, as did the ensuing battle between BP and its contractors. In this post-Maco...
The United Nations Convention against Corruption: A New Focus? Part I
October 09 by Thomas FoxIn an article published in the August 21, 2011 edition of the Sunday Nigerian Tribune, entitled "Corruption in Nigeria: Multi-nationals pay $3.2 b fine"; author Olawale Rasheed discussed the petiti...
Due Diligence, Due Diligence and More Due Diligence
October 02 by Thomas FoxIn an article published in the August 30, 2011 Wall Street Journal, entitled "Iran’s Hong Kong Shipping Shell Game", Claudia Rosett reported on efforts by Iran to reflag ships to companies wit...
Questions, Questions & More Questions…
September 25 by Thomas FoxAs I wrote last week I certainly do not need to invent compliance stories to blog about and even if I did no one would believe me. I was reminded of this once again last week when I read an article...
6 Ways To Engage Your Employees in Compliance
September 19 by Thomas FoxIn the September 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review, in an article entitled "How to Cultivate Engaged Employees", author Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos wrote about his experiences in working fo...
Eight Steps to Immediately Advance Your Compliance Program
September 04 by Thomas FoxIn an article published in the July 29, 2011 issue of the Houston Business Journal entitled "Eight Steps to a More Effective Anticorruption Compliance Function" Chris Lozier, Principal at UHY Adviso...