Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sponsored by the Business Law and Governance Practice Group
While the healthcare industry has been one of the last to explore providing goods and services in an increasingly global market, business across borders is slowly but unquestionably underway. International healthcare transactions are occurring on both sides of our borders. While healthcare lawyers understand how to guide our clients through the tangle of laws and regulations that affect the treatment and payment for care delivered in the United States, what else should the healthcare attorney understand and prepare for when the client decides to go global? Clearly, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is the one law that most of healthcare lawyers think about, but there are a number of other U.S. laws that should be considered. In addition, business dealings with foreign entities bring into play foreign laws and customs that are just as relevant and crucial to closing a deal legally.
The International Healthcare Affinity Group of the Business Law and Governance Practice Group has arranged to have a distinguished panel of practitioners who have experience with international law and the unique issues that are implicated by cross border transactions. Not only will this program give the attendee a good basic understanding of U.S. laws affecting international transactions, like the FCPA, but we will also learn from first-hand experience how the laws and culture of other countries, in particular countries in Asia and Latin America, affect these transactions.
What you will learn:
Attendees should leave the webinar with the following:
- A basic understanding of the FCPA.
- An awareness of other U.S. laws that may be implicated in transactions across borders such as Export Administration Restrictions and Foreign Assets Control Regulations.
- The resources currently being deployed by the U.S. Department of Justice and other U.S. agencies to enforce the FCPA and other laws.
- An understanding and awareness of the fact that the laws of other sovereigns may affect the transaction.
- An understanding of how cultural differences affect doing business with and in other countries.