Anti-bribery and corruption agencies in the UK, France and Switzerland today announced a shared commitment to tackling international bribery and corruption, by way of a new taskforce intended to strengthen collaboration....more
3/21/2025
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Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
International Trade ,
Penalties ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published the much-anticipated guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud (the “Guidance”). The failure to prevent fraud offence forms part of a huge shift in the...more
11/19/2024
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Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more
5/20/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Diligence ,
Fraud ,
Law Enforcement ,
Money Laundering ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tax Evasion ,
UK
After a laborious passage through the United Kingdom Parliament, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) hailed...more
10/31/2023
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Liability ,
Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Theft ,
UK ,
UK Companies Acts
The UK Government yesterday introduced a new corporate “failure to prevent fraud” offence into draft legislation, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (“the Bill”).
This is a significant development in UK...more
4/13/2023
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Boyd Johnson is the New York-based co-chair of WilmerHale’s investigations practice, while Stephen Pollard leads the firm’s UK team. Both partners joined WilmerHale in late 2011 – Johnson from the US Attorney’s Office for the...more