On 24 April 2025, the SFO published new guidance1 for companies in relation to self-reporting, co-operation, and when they can expect to be invited to engage in negotiations for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) as an...more
5/1/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Governance ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
New Guidance ,
Self-Reporting ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
The UK Procurement Act 2023 (the Procurement Act) came into force on 24 February 2025. It introduced significant changes to the UK public procurement landscape including a new regime for suppliers to be excluded from a...more
The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 sets out two major reforms making it much easier for UK authorities to prosecute corporate wrongdoing:
- it substantially increases the circumstances in which a company...more
マクダーモット・インターナショナル・セミナーは、おかげさまで皆様よりご好評をいただき、11回目となるセミナーを東京で開催することが決定いたしました。
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1/8/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
CFIUS ,
Competition ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
European Commission ,
Events ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
National Security ,
Supply Chain ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES FINAL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION ON PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIES REGULATION -
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its final regulation for...more
11/22/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Capital Markets ,
Competition ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corruption ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Reform
On 14 September 2022, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, announced the Commission’s commitment to “update the EU’s legislative framework on anti-corruption to better prevent and fight corruption...more
Background: Current Law in England & Wales As the law currently stands in England & Wales, criminal liability for certain offences can be attributed to companies through the ‘Identification Principle’, which provides that, in...more
On 7 April 2022, changes to DIFC Regulatory Law 2004 and the DFSA Rulebook came into force, to implement proposals concerning a whistleblowing regime that were consulted on by the DFSA in 2021. The Regime applies to all...more
On 16 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court in Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 unanimously upheld the decisions of two lower courts that Bloomberg was wrong to publish an article identifying a US executive who was under...more
As expected when a new administration takes office, 2021 saw a surge in white-collar enforcement activity. There was a 12% increase in white-collar prosecutions during US President Joe Biden’s first year in office, and that...more
2/18/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Biden Administration ,
Criminal Defense ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Prosecutors ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Internal Investigations ,
Law Enforcement ,
National Security ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Subpoenas ,
Webinars ,
White Collar Crimes
The Government of Dubai Media Office announced the establishment of a specialist court to hear cases relating to money laundering and financial crime. This is one of several steps taken over the last few years to tackle...more
During a recent program discussing the latest government enforcement efforts related to cryptocurrency, we spoke with Gary Alford, one of the leading Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in their crypto enforcement efforts,...more
7/28/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Income Taxes ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Law Enforcement ,
Search Warrant ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Subpoenas ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Fraud ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Returns ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Following the US Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) announcement of “Operation Hidden Treasure,” companies and individuals should prepare for increased scrutiny of virtual currency transactions. Unveiled in March, the operation...more
6/15/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Income Taxes ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Law Enforcement ,
Search Warrant ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Subpoenas ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Fraud ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Returns ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblowers