On March 20, 2025, the UK's Serious Fraud Office ("SFO"), France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office ("PNF"), and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland ("OAG") announced the creation of a new task force to...more
3/31/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Government Agencies ,
International Trade ,
Joint Task Force ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Switzerland ,
UK
In France, unlike for instance in the United States or United Kingdom, the scope of attorneyclient privilege is restricted to attorneys-at-law registered with a bar and acting independently (within an independent law firm or...more
A decision handed down by the French Court of Cassation may affect the scope of attorney-client privilege in France....more
The Paris Judicial Court has established a new division to handle disputes related to the Duty of Vigilance Act....more
On July 18, 2023, the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") published its 2022 annual activity report. The report detailed key figures related to the inspections carried out by the agency, as well as the lessons to be learned....more
On June 8, 2023, as part of the parliamentary debates on the so-called "Justice" bill, the French Senate voted on an amendment to the Law No. 71-1130 dated December 3, 1971, which aims to ensure confidentiality to certain...more
On March 14, 2023, the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the Parquet National Financier ("PNF") jointly published a new version of their guide relating to internal anticorruption investigations (the "Guide")....more
France's Orientation and Programming Law of the Ministry of the Interior ("LOMPI law"), published in the Official Journal of January 25, 2023, amends the insurance coverage of losses and damages paid in response to...more
2/27/2023
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Processors ,
France ,
Information Technology ,
Insurance Code ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements
The new guidelines update those published jointly by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Parquet National Financier or "PNF") and the French Anticorruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption or "AFA") on June 26,...more
Although French companies have made progress in anticorruption compliance over the past two years, the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") has found that they still have difficulty implementing certain measures, particularly...more
French Decree No. 2022-1284 of October 3, 2022, which implements French Law No. 2022-401 of March 21, 2022, on whistleblower protections (also known as the "Waserman Law"), came into effect on October 4, 2022 (the "New...more
The French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA"), a national regulatory authority created by Law 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 ("Sapin II law"), has just released its 2021 activity report.
An analysis of the inspections the FAA...more
The French Anti-Corruption Agency ("FAA") report details key statistics relating to the controls the FAA carried out in 2019 and lessons to be drawn from this activity.
On 9 July 2020, the FAA published its 2019 annual...more
7/20/2020
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
France ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
White Collar Crimes
The Situation: A chief executive officer in France convicted of misusing corporate assets, and required to pay damages plus interest to the victim of his offense, sued to force the company to reimburse him for this amount, on...more
The Financial Public Prosecutor and the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") have recently adopted guidelines on the implementation of the "convention judiciaire d'intérêt public" ("CJIP"), the French version of a deferred...more
8/16/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Blocking Statutes ,
CJIP ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
France ,
New Guidance ,
Public Prosecutors
The Enforcement Committee of the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") handed down its first decision on July 4, 2019. The decision follows the Agency's three-month audit (October to December 2017) of the involved company's...more
Recent laws—such as the 2016 Sapin 2 Law and the new EU General Data Protection Regulation—provide for rules that are intended to ensure compliance with the French Blocking Statute, which prohibits any French party from...more
6/18/2019
/ Blocking Statutes ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Protection ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Evidence ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hague Convention ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Regulatory Standards
The Situation: On February 4, 2019, the French Anticorruption Agency published its much-awaited practical guide for anticorruption compliance.
The Result: Through this publication, the Agency gives key guidance to company...more
The Background: French Decree No. 2018-1126, which is intended to enhance the protection of documents containing confidential information, became effective following publication in the Official Journal.
The Result: The...more
The Situation: Anticorruption legislation passed by French lawmakers in 2016 authorizes the resolution of a corruption matter by means of a "convention judiciaire d'intérêt public" ("CJIP"), the French version of a deferred...more
4/30/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
CJIP ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
European Court of Human Rights ,
France ,
French Supreme Court ,
Sapin II
The Situation: The French Anti-Corruption Agency has published the questions and documentation that companies will be expected to answer and provide when inspected by the Agency.
The Result: The French Anti-Corruption...more