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 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
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office ("EPPO") is the European Union's ("EU") supranational prosecutorial body that launched its operations on 1 June 2021. The EPPO is charged with investigating and prosecuting economic...more
On June 2, the French ministry of Justice released a new order addressed to French prosecutors on the criminal policy relating to international corruption and how such cases should be handled.
In this order, which...more
The French Financial Markets Authority ("AMF") has just carried out a complete overhaul of its doctrine on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism ("AML/CFT") and published its new guidelines setting out...more
12/13/2019
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AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Automation Systems ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Customers ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Markets Authority ,
France ,
New Guidance ,
Politically Exposed Person (PEPs) ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Tracfin
The French Anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") has published a draft "Guide on Gifts and Invitations Policies" ("Guide pratique sur les politiques cadeaux et invitations en entreprise") for corporations and non-profit...more
10/14/2019
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AFA ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Best Practices ,
Bribery ,
France ,
Gifts ,
Invitations Policies ,
Multinationals ,
New Guidance ,
Sapin II
France is aligning itself with the US model of corporate prosecution -
The new guidelines released by both the French Anticorruption Agency ("AFA") and the National Financial Prosecution Office ("PNF") on 27 June, 2019...more
7/23/2019
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Aggravating Factors ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Blocking Statutes ,
CJIP ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
France ,
Internal Investigations ,
Mitigating Factors ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Sapin II
On 4 February 2019, the French anti-corruption Agency ("AFA") released its Guide on the anticorruption compliance function in companies. This is the first out of a series of six guides that the AFA will release soon....more