Outsourcing Law & Business Journal: June/July 2011
July 18, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
OUTSOURCING LAW & BUSINESS JOURNAL™ : Strategies and rules for adding value and improving legal and regulation compliance through business process management techniques in strategic alliances, joint ventures, shared services and cost-effective, durable and flexible sourcing of services. www.outsourcing-law.com. Visit our blog at http://blog.outsourcing-law.com. Insights by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. Editor. www.biercekenerson.com. Vol. 11, No. 4-5, […]
Impact of UK Bribery Act, 2011 on Best Practices in Global Sourcing
July 14, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
The package of documents for outsourcing contracts has grown to include a copy of the customer’s “code of conduct.” The service provider contractually agrees to respect the customer’s code of contract. Such codes of conduct pose tricky legal issues for both global business organizations and their service providers. Such codes of conduct have immediate and […]
Bribery, Fraud and Contract Mismanagement: The SAIC / “CityTime” Debacle in New York City
July 14, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
They said “it couldn’t happen here!” In late June 2011, it was time to account for a failed time accounting system. A federal prosecutor alleged a fraud that was “epic in magnitude, duration and scope” in the history of New York. New York City Mayor Michael Blumberg demanded the repayment of $600 million (plus costs […]
2011 Indian Privacy Law
July 13, 2011 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
by Kochhar & Co www.kochhar.com att: stephen.mathias@bgl.kochhar.com Introduction On April 11, 2011, India’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology notified the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 under the Information Technology Act, 2000. India now has a privacy law, brought into force with immediate effect with […]