International
Nov. 18, 2011
Against the Chinese wall: the US government’s limited investigative reach
The SEC and Justice Department have no subpoena power abroad, making it tricky to access documents and witnesses. By Winston Y. Chan and Susannah Stroud Wright of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
It has been widely reported that the investigative might and scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice are focused on China-based companies and on western companies' business activities in China. Indeed, the SEC has gone so far as to establish a task force dedicated to examining possible accounting or other fraud committed by Chinese companies publicly listed in the Uni...
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