The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) imposes strict conditions on operators and traders who intend to place products composed of certain commodities (i.e. cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood) on the EU...more
12/18/2024
/ Commodities ,
Compliance ,
Effective Date ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Forestry ,
Member State ,
New Regulations ,
Supply Chain ,
Timberland
On December 30, 2024, the European regulation of May 31, 2023 on deforestation will come into force in all EU countries. The aim of these new rules, which are designed to combat the phenomenon of imported deforestation, is to...more
6/4/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
Forestry ,
France ,
Member State ,
New Regulations ,
Supply Chain ,
Timber ,
Timberland
In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more
10/25/2023
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Competitive ,
CNIL ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Data Controller ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
White Collar Crimes
No matter the industry, maintaining effective corporate compliance programs has never been a more essential part of operations to address the legal risks that corporates face. This article, the third in a series about...more
5/22/2018
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
France ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Sapin II ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
Shakespeare’s observation that the “past is prologue” certainly applies to corporate criminal liability in the UK and France, as these jurisdictions embrace with gusto corporate prosecutions akin to those pursued in the US...more
4/13/2018
/ CJIP ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Criminal Fines ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
France ,
Respondeat Superior ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax Crimes ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
Summary: Deferred prosecution agreements have been widely used by US prosecutors since the early 2000s. Prosecutors in the UK and France only obtained this power in 2014 and 2016 respectively – but they are making up for...more
4/13/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
CJIP ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
France ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
Anticorruption conventions and legislation have global reach and introduce compliance demands on companies to prevent bribery. If your business operates on the global market, there is a risk that your employees or...more
Wrong. The law Sapin II (Law 2016-1691 of 27 December 2016) has been in force for several months, but the consultation draft of the guidelines is not expected to be issued by the Agence Française Anti-corruption (AFA) (French...more
Dans notre monde des affaires désormais mondialisé, nombreuses sont les contraintes d’ordre juridique, dépassant le strict cadre national, qui sont depuis longtemps maîtrisées par les acteurs économiques, que ce soit, par...more