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Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more
In the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest policy in furtherance of its “carrots and sticks” approach to corporate criminal enforcement, senior leadership of its Criminal Division announced a new Pilot Program on...more
On October 4, 2023, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a Department-wide Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in the context of the mergers and acquisition process. Monaco noted ...more
We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors. Investigations are boosted by...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new safe harbor policy that may shield companies from criminal prosecution for misconduct they uncover at companies they are acquiring or have recently...more
Last Thursday, the government publicised its intention to use the Economic Crime Bill to significantly expand corporate criminal liability through reform of the ‘identification doctrine’. This is the English law rule on how...more
The U.S. Attorney's Offices (USAOs) Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, announced on Feb. 22, 2023, sets forth a nationwide standard for how USAOs will define and credit corporate self-disclosures of misconduct by employees or...more
On February 22, 2023, the United States Attorneys’ Offices (USAO) issued a new Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy, which is effective immediately. The policy follows the revisions announced last month to the Department of...more
Learning objectives: - Define the overarching purpose of Compliance Programs - From a practical perspective in detecting, correcting, and preventing wrongdoing, and; - From the perspective of increasing the chances...more
As a product of the Department of Justice’s newly minted Corporate Crime Advisory Group, the DOJ has issued follow-up guidance to its October 2021 memo on corporate criminal enforcement, which reinstated prior guidance...more
Key Takeaways - As DOJ senior leadership signaled it would do since March, DOJ has now officially required as part of resolving a corporate enforcement action, that a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Chief Executive...more
Speaking at the ABA Institute on White Collar Crime earlier this month, Attorney General Merrick Garland outlined the Department of Justice’s continued emphasis in prosecuting individuals “who commit and profit from corporate...more
In a speech to the ABA’s 2021 annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco emphasized that prosecuting individuals accused of white collar crime is a top priority for the Biden...more
Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more
Today’s modern world enables complex business transactions to occur both within the United States as well as abroad in cross-border activities. Many of these transactions pose significant risks to business operations and the...more
Germany has proposed legislation, likely to be ratified this Fall, that would mark a major change in how the government there enforces criminal violations in the corporate sector. The Corporate Sanctions Act, or CSA, would,...more
On 31 August 2020, the Australian Law Reform Commission's Final Report on Corporate Criminal Responsibility was tabled in Parliament. The Final Report makes significant recommendations for reform of corporate criminal...more
The Australian Law Reform Commission (the “ALRC”) has proposed a number of reforms to Australia’s federal corporate criminal liability regime. The entire document bears close examination. In this article, we focus on the...more
On Monday 2 December, the Australian Government introduced into the Senate the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019 (Cth) (“Foreign Bribery Bill”). This Bill proposes to fundamentally shift the...more
The Situation: At the direction of the Attorney General of Australia, the Australian Law Reform Commission ("ALRC") is undertaking a comprehensive review of Australia's Commonwealth corporate criminal liability regime. The...more
In October 2019, the Israel State Attorney published a new guideline on its office’s policy when considering the prosecution of a corporation, as well as on how it should determine its position on the manner of punishing...more
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) prohibits payment of bribes to foreign officials to assist with obtaining or retaining business. It also requires companies whose securities are listed in the US to make and keep...more
Our third SEA View article highlights the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) step-up in enforcement against corporate malfeasance and forecasts the longevity of this stance with upcoming leadership changes at...more
The national opioid epidemic is almost unprecedented in every conceivable way—its catastrophic death toll, its broad effect on a wide swath of this country’s population, its rapid escalation (which is alleged to have been...more
What is the background to this DPA and why is it only now being published? On 29 October 2014, the SFO opened an investigation into Tesco Stores Ltd in relation to a suspected offence of false accounting, contrary to...more