On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published the much-anticipated guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud (the “Guidance”). The failure to prevent fraud offence forms part of a huge shift in the...more
11/19/2024
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more
5/25/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement ,
FOIA ,
Internal Controls ,
Jurisdiction ,
Law Enforcement ,
OECD ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act