A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Managing Corruption Risk in Latin America
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 38 - A Blueprint for Compliance: The Fraud Pentagon Theory
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Episode 320 -- NAVEX Hotline Report -- More Reports and Higher Substantiation
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 34 - A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives'
FCPA Compliance Report: DOJ on AI and Data/Intellectual Property Protection
Episode 313 -- The Coming Criminal Corporate Sanctions Enforcement Storm
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
Episode 311 -- Tom Fox on FCPA Enforcement: Self Disclosure and Recidivism
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
Episode 304 -- Nathalie Druckmann, VP at Certa, on Artificial Intelligence Third-Party Risk Management
JONES DAY TALKS®: Corporate Compliance in Asia: Managing Rapid Regulatory Change and Ambiguity
The EU Directive for Combatting Corruption
On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more
On July 18, 2023, the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") published its 2022 annual activity report. The report detailed key figures related to the inspections carried out by the agency, as well as the lessons to be learned....more
Hosted by C5 Group, the 9th Anti-Corruption Conference in Paris returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will shed light on important issues at the forefront....more
L’Agence française anticorruption (AFA) et le Parquet national financier (PNF) ont publié conjointement en mars 2023 un guide pratique visant à apporter aux entreprises un éclairage sur l’objet et la conduite d’une enquête...more
On March 14, 2023, the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the Parquet National Financier ("PNF") jointly published a new version of their guide relating to internal anticorruption investigations (the "Guide")....more
On January 16, 2023, France’s financial prosecutor, the “Parquet National Financier” (PNF), issued updated guidance (the Guidelines) regarding its approach to offering, negotiating and entering into French deferred...more
Il y a cinq ans, la France a promulgué sa loi anti-corruption, dite loi Sapin II1. Cette loi a introduit des innovations importantes, y compris la possibilité pour les entreprises de se voir proposer et de négocier une...more
Five years ago, France enacted its anti-corruption legislation, Sapin II. The law introduced a number of important innovations, including the ability for companies to be offered and to negotiate a French-style deferred...more
The new guidelines update those published jointly by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Parquet National Financier or "PNF") and the French Anticorruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption or "AFA") on June 26,...more
Since December 2021, all EU member states must comply with the legal requirements of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive. The Directive was designed to protect, empower, and enhance the reporting options available to...more
1. Is your country a member of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention? Yes. 2. Is your country a member of any other bilateral or multilateral conventions on anti-corruption? Yes. France is a member of the United Nations...more
Although French companies have made progress in anticorruption compliance over the past two years, the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") has found that they still have difficulty implementing certain measures, particularly...more
French Decree No. 2022-1284 of October 3, 2022, which implements French Law No. 2022-401 of March 21, 2022, on whistleblower protections (also known as the "Waserman Law"), came into effect on October 4, 2022 (the "New...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to...more
The French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA"), a national regulatory authority created by Law 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 ("Sapin II law"), has just released its 2021 activity report. An analysis of the inspections the FAA...more
Il y a presque cinq ans, la France a promulgué sa loi anti-corruption, dite loi Sapin II. Cette loi, considérée comme disruptive à l'époque, a introduit des innovations importantes, y compris la possibilité pour les...more
Almost five years ago, France enacted its anti-corruption legislation, Sapin II. The law was considered ground-breaking at the time and introduced a number of important innovations, including the ability for companies to be...more
The French Law n°2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 relating to transparency, the fight against corruption, and the modernization of economic life, known as the “Sapin II” Act,1 introduced to legal entities additional compliance...more
This is the third in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Our previous entry discussed sanctions and export control trends....more
In 2016 France adopted a new law to help combat corruption. Inspired by legislation in the US, UK and Netherlands, Article 17 of what is known as Sapin II, includes provisions requiring organizations above a certain size to...more
The French Anti-Corruption Agency ("FAA") report details key statistics relating to the controls the FAA carried out in 2019 and lessons to be drawn from this activity. On 9 July 2020, the FAA published its 2019 annual...more
On June 2, the French ministry of Justice released a new order addressed to French prosecutors on the criminal policy relating to international corruption and how such cases should be handled. In this order, which...more
While enforcement agencies have yet to indicate that they intend to put their pens down in response to COVID-19, there is anecdotal evidence that some agencies have slowed their investigations as remote working impacts matter...more
In late January 2020, Airbus agreed to pay nearly $4 billion and to take a number of remedial measures in order to resolve alleged corruption violations with the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF), the United...more