On October 4, 2023, United States Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor policy that encourages companies to self-disclose criminal misconduct...more
12/4/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Antitrust Division ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
France ,
Germany ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Poland ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Policy Statement ,
Popular ,
Remediation ,
Restitution ,
Safe Harbors ,
Spain ,
Voluntary Disclosure
The long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act received Royal Assent on 26 October. This represents a significant turning point for the law on corporate criminal liability in the UK, and has been welcomed by...more
11/10/2023
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Entities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Liability ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
White Collar Crimes
The European Commission has published a proposed Directive which, building on measures already in place, would require member states to incorporate uniform anti-bribery measures into their laws. Whilst most EU member states...more
5/18/2023
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corruption ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Member State ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
On 10 June, the Law Commission published its long awaited Options Paper, with proposals on reforming corporate criminal liability in England and Wales, following the launch of its discussion paper in June 2021...more
Financial crime flourishes in a downturn, and the mining & metals sector is not immune to it. The sector faces a number of industry-specific risks, and will need to react to the ensuing likely surge in enforcement activity....more
9/27/2022
/ Bribery ,
Capital Markets ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Disclosure ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Metals ,
Mining ,
Risk Factors
Earlier this summer, the Law Commission published its long awaited proposals on reforming corporate criminal liability in England and Wales (the "Options Paper"), following the launch of its discussion paper in June 2021....more
Earlier this summer, the Law Commission published its long awaited proposals on reforming corporate criminal liability in England and Wales (the "Options Paper"), following the launch of its discussion paper in June 2021....more
On 10 June, the Law Commission published its long awaited proposals on reforming corporate criminal liability in England and Wales (the "Options Paper"), following the launch of its discussion paper in June 2021. Whilst the...more
The approach of the Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”) to compelled interviews is a longstanding source of frustration for criminal defence lawyers. The beginning of Lisa Osofsky’s tenure as Director and the introduction of...more
11/21/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Justice Act ,
Fraud ,
Interviews ,
Legal Professional Privilege ,
Legal Representatives ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privileged Documents ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK