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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) UK Bribery Act Investigations

Butler Snow LLP

The Not-So-Obvious Importance of International Anti-Corruption Programs: Protecting Companies and Individuals Against Perils Far...

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I remain amazed at the consistently-high estimates of the percentages of U.S. companies doing business internationally, which do not have FCPA and related anti-corruption policies and programs. Beyond the obvious and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Flying Too Close To The Sun: The U.K. Supreme Court Places New Limits On The SFO’s Overseas Investigative Power

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In a striking rebuke, the U.K. Supreme Court found that the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) overstepped its authority when it tried to access corporate documents from the United States. The U.K. Supreme Court’s message to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Limits to the UK SFO's Ability to Compel Production of Evidence from Overseas May Lead to Increase in DOJ Investigations

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On February 5, 2021, in a unanimous decision, the UK Supreme Court held that the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not have the authority under Section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (the 1987 Act) to compel a foreign...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Cross-Border Investigations Update - June 2016"

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a look at recent cases and enforcement trends, including proposed amendments to China’s commercial bribery law, the use in U.S. courts of compelled...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FIFA and Good-Faith Investigations

You know things are getting bad when the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) questions a business’ moral authority. Things certainly cannot be much better when the regulators begin nosing around your own self-indulgence. What happens...more

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