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COMPLIANCE – A CENTRAL THEME OF MODERN GERMAN CORPORATE LAW?

September 2008 - Litigation & Dispute Resolution. Legal Developments by Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH .

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As a legal term, ‘compliance’ is hard to grasp. The German translation would simply mean the adherence to legal provisions. Compliance, as a “legal transplant” of Anglo-American commercial law, goes back to the US “Federal Sentencing Guidelines” that were introduced in the early 90s of the last century in order to stem corporate crime.

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION: VISION V REALITY

September 2008 - Litigation & Dispute Resolution. Legal Developments by Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH .

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Arbitration and mediation are two forms of dispute resolution that have existed for a long time but are rarely combined. This article seeks to explore some of the reasons for this, and whether, in fact, a combination of both processes could further and improve both dispute resolution practices by providing new disciplines and options for each of these methods.

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