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Personal Matters - How will the risks to firms from individuals’ behaviour increase in 2024?

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Financial regulators in the UK have been interested for some years in the question of how personal behaviour can affect the risk profile of a financial institution. A recent SEC case suggests that US regulators may now be...more

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Regulators and reforms: how Australia tackled white collar crime in 2023 and what to expect in 2024

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Regulators and enforcement authorities in Australia intensified their efforts to curb white-collar crime in 2023. They targeted fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, cybercrime, and corruption across multiple industries,...more

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Belgian investigations trends and developments in white collar crime

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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

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How Will Changes to Corporate Criminal Liability Impact the Banking Sector

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act was passed by Parliament on 26 October. The Act makes significant changes to the law of corporate criminal liability....more

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Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 4 - October 2023

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In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more

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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - July Edition

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This edition covers new global sustainability reporting standards, proposals to reform corporate criminal liability laws, the enactment of FSMA 2023, FRC guidance on dividend reporting, Investment Association guidance on...more

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DOJ revises corporate enforcement policy applicable to all criminal matters including FCPA cases

On January 17, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. delivered remarks at Georgetown University Law Center, during which he announced changes to the DOJ’s Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary...more

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Ireland Update: Guide to the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022

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Substantial changes to Irish whistleblowing law will be introduced by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the “Amendment Act”) on 1 January 2023. Protection for whistleblowers is not a new concept in...more

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Court of Appeal Takes Expansive View of Regulated “Arranging” Activities

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This decision shines a spotlight on the activities of unregulated introducers. In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal upheld the FCA’s findings that unregulated introducers had been carrying on regulated activities...more

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Gratification control on financial services sector

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In the implementing of one of its duties to prevent corruption from happening in Indonesia, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as Indonesian Corruption Watchdog issued Circular Letter No. 19 of 2021 regarding...more

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Can Kicking and Buck Passing: Reform of Corporate Criminal Liability

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In January 2017, the UK Government issued a consultation paper calling for evidence on reforming corporate criminal liability for economic crime. Nearly four years later, on 3 November 2020, the Government’s response was...more

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Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more

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Part 4: Hot Smoking Topics in Operations

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The growth and legitimacy of the cannabis industry is at an all-time high with nearly two-thirds of the country in support of the federal legalization of cannabis. With such legitimacy and potential for further growth, it’s...more

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UK Secondary Legislation Published to Combat Cyber-Attacks

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The Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019 have been made and will come into force on June 11, 2019....more

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Update: SAFE Banking Act of 2019

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As we discussed in a post back in February, one of the biggest hurdles facing the legal cannabis industry today remains the lack of access to banking services. Despite the legalization of cannabis on the state level, banks...more

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Is Cannabis Banking "SAFE"? Marijuana and Its Secure and Fair Enforcement

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On March 28, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee voted overwhelmingly (45-15) to advance H.R. 1595, known as the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019. The bill seeks to protect financial...more

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Corporate criminal liability risk increases for financial services

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A proposed new UK law contains the largest expansion of UK corporate criminal liability since the Bribery Act 2010 and one of the most significant overhauls of money laundering and proceeds of crime legislation in the last...more

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