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“Recent Developments in Foreign Corrupt Practices Legislation: Implications for Canadian Business and International Transactions” FREE, PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSION

March 28, 2011

TORONTO, ON — Join us at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Fac­ul­ty of Law March 29, 2011 as its inno­v­a­tive Glob­al Pro­fes­sion­al LLM pro­gram presents this free, pub­lic pan­el dis­cus­sion, fea­tur­ing lead­ers in the field and mod­er­at­ed by The Hon. James S. Peter­son, Coun­sel, Fasken Mar­tineau, for­mer fed­er­al Min­is­ter of Inter­na­tion­al Trade and Sec­re­tary of State (Inter­na­tion­al Finan­cial Insti­tu­tions). Speak­ers will explore the impli­ca­tions of Cana­di­an, Amer­i­can and British for­eign cor­rupt prac­tices and anti-bribery leg­is­la­tion on Cana­di­an busi­ness­es oper­at­ing in the glob­al mar­ket­place. Promi­nent speak­ers from gov­ern­ment, indus­try, inter­na­tion­al legal prac­tice, and acad­e­mia will share insights on the lat­est devel­op­ments and what Cana­di­an busi­ness exec­u­tives and lawyers need to know.

See: “OECD slams Canada’s record on pros­e­cut­ing bribery” http://bit.ly/gpqdml

The speak­ers are:

Mr. Philip Urof­sky, Senior Part­ner, Shear­man & Ster­ling LLP (New York office)
Prof. Ani­ta Anand, U of T Fac­ul­ty of Law
Ms. Deb­o­rah Alexan­der, Sco­tia­bank, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent, Gen­er­al Coun­sel and Sec­re­tary
Inspec­tor Gord Dray­ton, Com­mer­cial Crime Branch, RCMP
Ms. Bron­wyn Best, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Trans­paren­cy Inter­na­tion­al Cana­da.
Mod­er­a­tor: The Hon. James S. Peter­son, Coun­sel, Fasken Mar­tineau, for­mer fed­er­al Min­is­ter of Inter­na­tion­al Trade and Sec­re­tary of State (Inter­na­tion­al Finan­cial Insti­tu­tions)

EVENT DETAILS:

WHAT: “Recent Devel­op­ments in For­eign Cor­rupt Prac­tices Leg­is­la­tion: Impli­ca­tions for Cana­di­an Busi­ness and Inter­na­tion­al Trans­ac­tions” —Free Pub­lic Pan­el Dis­cus­sion

WHEN: Tues­day, March 29, 2011, 5:30–7:00 pm Cock­tail recep­tion to fol­low

WHERE: Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Fac­ul­ty of Law, Flavelle House, 78 Queen’s Park Cres. Ben­nett Lec­ture Hall [low­er lev­el]

INFO: http://uoft.me/fcp To book inter­views: Lucian­na Cic­co­ciop­po, Direc­tor, Exter­nal Rela­tions, 416–946-0334, Lucianna.ciccocioppo@utoronto.ca