Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Whistleblower Awards, UK

Anticorruption and FCPA Enforcement: Takeaways and Lessons Heading into 2025

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 1/24/2025

This is the second in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

UK’s View Across The Pond At U.S. Whistleblower Program Success – Time To Incentivize Tipsters?

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 5/16/2024

Several recent developments may spark a renewed effort to incentivize United Kingdom (UK)-based whistleblowers who frequently provide tips to U.S.-based agencies, such as the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The...more

Anticorruption Enforcement and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Trends to Track in 2024

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 3/21/2024

This is the seventh in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

U.K. Parliament Giving Whistleblower Protections a Fresh Review

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 3/15/2024

Recent legislative developments in the United Kingdom, public remarks from the new director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and recent parliamentary hearings on the Post Office Horizon scandal put a spotlight on...more

UK SFO wants to pay whistleblowers: is this is a good idea?

A&O Shearman on 3/14/2024

Nick Ephgrave QPM was appointed as Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) back in September 2023. In his first speech he said he wants to reward whistleblowers. We take a look at the pros and cons of incentivising...more