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UK Bribery Act Anti-Corruption European Union

The UK Bribery Act is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted in 2010 to prevent, combat and penalize acts of bribery. The Bribery Act creates four offenses: 1) bribing another person 2) being... more +
The UK Bribery Act is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted in 2010 to prevent, combat and penalize acts of bribery. The Bribery Act creates four offenses: 1) bribing another person 2) being bribed 3) bribing a foreign official 4) failure of a corporation to prevent bribery on its behalf. The Act provides for very stringent penalties and is considered one of the toughest pieces of anti-bribery legislation in the world.  less -
White & Case LLP

Proposed EU Anti-Corruption Directive – how does it compare to the US and UK gold standard?

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The European Commission has published a proposed Directive which, building on measures already in place, would require member states to incorporate uniform anti-bribery measures into their laws. Whilst most EU member states...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Anti-Corruption London - November 2nd - 3rd, London, United Kingdom

C5's 15th International Conference on Anti-Corruption London will take place November 2 – 3, 2021 in Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge, London. Join your peers for the IN-PERSON reunion of the legal and compliance...more

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The UK’s Anti-Money Laundering framework is on the cusp of a facelift – are you ready for it?

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With the UK on the brink potentially of exiting the EU and business certainty at an all-time low, the Government faces enormous pressure to ensure that the UK remains an attractive place to do business. One very significant...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - March 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe Insights

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Cooperation, Leniency, Internal Investigations, Self-Incrimination, Privilege and All That Jazz

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I recently attended a Fraud Conference in Miami where I heard a French lawyer insisting that since he was a defence advocate, his job was to defend his clients against fraud allegations, not to prosecute them. Instead of...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

British PM Leads The Fight Against Shell Corporations

One of the critical areas in due diligence for foreign business partners is determining who are the true owners of an entity....more

Troutman Pepper

Anti-Corruption Law And The Oil And Gas Industry: Evolutions In Both Demand Vigilance

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Businesses in the oil and gas industry are cautioned to pay careful attention to evolutions in anti-corruption law in the jurisdictions where they operate. The U.S. government has successfully enforced the Foreign Corrupt...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Socio-Economic and Cultural Risk Factors That Drive Corruption: A Focus on the ‘Supply Side’ of the Equation

This is the last installment of my three party series regarding Occupational Fraud. One can never lose focus on what I consider the key question as they enter or play within the international arena: What are the...more

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