In the recent case of R (PACCAR Inc & ors.) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & ors [2023] UKSC 28, the UK Supreme Court found that litigation funding agreements (“LFAs”) involve the provision of “claim management services”,...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
7/14/2021
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The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has succeeded in its “leapfrog” appeal to the Supreme Court in its test case seeking urgent clarity as to the requirement of insurance companies to pay policyholders for business...more
On 11 December 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the case of Mastercard v Merricks. The case concerned the certification procedure for US-style ‘opt-out’ collective (class action)...more
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations and regulatory enforcement from the last three months.
We commented last month that the scale of the impact of the...more
9/24/2020
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Bribery ,
Corruption ,
DPA ,
Enforcement ,
Espionage ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime ,
HMRC ,
Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
National Economic Crime Center (NECC) ,
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Sanctions ,
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
A recent English High Court decision has provided clarity on the scope of legal advice privilege as it relates to foreign lawyers.
Background-
The English High Court’s decision in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov and others [2020]...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
7/17/2020
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Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Freelance Isn't Free Act (FIFA) ,
International Foreign Bribery Taskforce (IFBT) ,
Money Laundering ,
NCAs ,
Novartis ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to Business Crime, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement from the last three months. Please contact us if you would like to discuss any of these...more
6/23/2020
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EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
NCAs ,
NCSC ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Popular ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)
The Supreme Court has spoken -
.. On 24 January 2017, the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, ruled that Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 is triggered. Article 50 is the provision of the Treaty of the...more
The case of R v AIL, GH and RH, one of the first the Court of Appeal has considered in 2016, is an interesting one from the perspective of all white-collar crime practitioners. The Court of Appeal had to consider whether it...more
6/15/2016
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Corruption ,
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Human Rights ,
Principal-Agent Issues ,
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