Our analysis of financial crime and investigations developments over the past 12 months provides a revealing picture of an increasingly challenging regulatory and enforcement landscape facing businesses around the world. The...more
1/29/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Investigations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Tax Evasion ,
Technology Sector ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
2023 saw a raft of UK law reforms concerning economic crime and continued scrutiny of business risk concerning human rights and greenwashing. This is reflected in the blogs our subscribers were most interested in reading in...more
1/11/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Criminal Liability ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenwashing ,
Human Rights ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
The UK government is already proposing further expansion to the basis on which companies can be fixed with criminal liability.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), passed in October, significantly...more
12/6/2023
/ Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Entities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Liability ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
UK
The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) is the latest step in the UK Government’s attempts to address economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. Whilst most of the key...more
10/30/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Entities ,
Corporate Fraud ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Investigations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 was granted Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It contains a new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ corporate criminal offence which will render large companies liable for fraud...more
10/26/2023
/ Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Entities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
White Collar Crimes
2022 saw a big shift in the geo-political climate and a bedding in of the new hybrid working world. These two developments are reflected in the blogs our subscribers were most interested in reading. Readers remain focused on...more
1/10/2023
/ Economic Sanctions ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Money Laundering ,
Pending Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Russia ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
SMCR ,
UK ,
Ukraine