The guidelines confirm that FCPA enforcement will continue but provide opportunities for foreign authorities to lead where US interests are not significantly impacted....more
6/23/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Governance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
New Guidance ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors....more
4/28/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Liability ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement ,
Guidance Update ,
Self-Reporting ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Guidance clarifies the implementation date, scope, and application of landmark new corporate offence, and provides suggestions for fraud-prevention procedures.
On 6 November 2024, the UK Home Office published...more
The Serious Fraud Office’s strategy for 2024 to 2029 indicates aspiration to be a more effective agency and to incentivise personnel.
On 18 April 2024, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published an ambitious, albeit...more
4/23/2024
/ Bribery ,
Cooperation ,
Corruption ,
Declination ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Fraud ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
OECD ,
Pilot Programs ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
UK ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
New director Lisa Osofsky confirms her focus on cross-border and corporate cooperation.
On 3 September 2018, in her first speech, after only one week as head of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky laid out her...more
A new UK policy establishes a commitment to providing victims of overseas bribery with compensation; however, important questions remain that will impact implementation.
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Crown...more
6/18/2018
/ Bribery ,
Costa Rica ,
Criminal Proceeds ,
Cross-Border ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Just Compensation ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Restitution ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
New director Lisa Osofsky’s cross-border and corporate experience may lead the SFO in a fresh direction.
The announcement that Lisa Osofsky has been appointed as Director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) likely...more
The decision indicates that company counsel should consider early how best to anticipate challenges to privilege claims over investigation materials.
Introduction -
A recent English High Court decision has important...more
The English High Court has reconfirmed that litigation privilege can apply to information gathering in internal investigations. Specifically, lawyers must have engaged in the information gathering for the dominant purpose of...more