Until recently, whistleblowing raised many concerns in France and other European countries. Reporting on colleagues’ behavior, even if unlawful, was seen as risky business that could lead to dismissals and criminal sanctions...more
Brief Comments on The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 -
On Sept. 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down a unanimous...more
9/26/2018
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9/24/2018
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Whistleblowers
On April 23 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive (the proposal or the Directive) on whistleblower protections in response to a request from the European Parliament...more
En publiant le 23 avril 2018 une proposition de directive sur les lanceurs d’alerte, la Commission européenne répond aux sollicitations du Parlement européen. ...more
On Feb. 23, 2018, a couple of months after the first French DPA (“CJIP - convention judiciaire d’intérêt public”) in history was entered into between the French prosecutor office and HSBC Private Bank Suisse in relation to...more