The law and practice relating to financial crime and investigations is evolving fast. In the past 18 months we have seen two new Acts aimed at combatting financial crime (including the creation of two new corporate criminal...more
The law and practice relating to financial crime and investigations is evolving fast. In the past 18 months we have seen two new Acts aimed at combatting financial crime (including the creation of two new corporate criminal...more
The first judgment on class certification for competition class actions has been issued by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The judgment will reassure potential defendants, as the Tribunal demanded greater rigour from the...more
On 13 January, the UK Ministry of Justice issued a Call for Evidence on the reform of corporate criminal liability for economic crime. This follows statements by the UK government in 2016 about extending corporate criminal...more
There continues to be an increasing appetite amongst authorities around the world to investigate corporates and banks for a range of criminal offices.
Governments are also introducing new criminal offences aimed at...more
On 5 December 2014 the Commission’s Directive on rules governing actions for damages for infringements of competition law (the Damages Directive) was published. Member States will now have two years plus twenty days (until...more