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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Hogan Lovells

Expansion of Hong Kong’s anti-bribery legislation – The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Order...

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The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Order 2025 (“Amendment Order”) has amended the Hong Kong Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (“POBO”) to include four new “public bodies” and two new categories...more

Perkins Coie

European Response to DOJ’s Changes in FCPA Enforcement

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In recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has hit “pause” on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and reoriented its other enforcement priorities away from investigating and prosecuting...more

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The UK's Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense

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Effective September 1, 2025, the UK’s Failure to Prevent Fraud offense will go into effect as part of the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the ECCTA). The law significantly expands corporate liability...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] Getting Your Head Around the UK’s New (and Globally Relevant) “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Offence

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, join Amanda Raad, co-head of the firm’s global anti-corruption and international risk and crisis management & investigations practices, Nitish Upadhyaya, director of behavioral insights at the...more

Mayer Brown

Eye on Economic Crime: UK, Swiss and French International Anti-Corruption Taskforce

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Summary - On 20 March 2025, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), France’s Parquet National Financier (“PNF”) and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (“OAG”) affirmed their shared commitment to tackling...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

SFO’s Enforcement Strategy Focuses on Corporate Liability

The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has a lot going for it right now: a director hellbent on tackling complex fraud, bribery, and corruption, an enhanced budget, new partnerships to tackle international bribery and corruption...more

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Arbitration Act 2025 | Part 3: What Did Not Change?

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The Arbitration Act 2025 (“2025 Act”) introduces some important changes to the arbitration framework in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, while also incorporating other key improvements. In Part 1 and Part 2 of our Series...more

A&O Shearman

Combatting foreign bribery: A closer look at Australia’s new legislation

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The guidance recommends that companies put in place controls that are proportionate to their operations, including the level of its exposure to foreign bribery risks and its business activities, which includes the...more

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Enactment of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Expands the U.S. Department of Justice’s Ability to Prosecute International...

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The breadth of the recently enacted FEPA presents pitfalls for U.S. companies dealing with foreign governments and state-owned entities requiring significant caution and effective compliance controls....more

A&O Shearman

Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

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We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Targets Foreign Officials with Long-Awaited Anti-Corruption Law: 5 Takeaways for Multinational Corporations and...

After years of anticipation, President Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) into law on December 22, 2023, ushering in a new era of international anti-corruption prosecution. The FEPA will make it easier...more

Jones Day

The Australian Parliament Enacts Magnitsky-style Laws

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Australia's Existing Autonomous Sanctions Regime - Australia's existing autonomous sanctions regime is set out in the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 (Cth) ("Act")....more

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Gary Kalman on Corruption and Compliance Programs

The playing field for anticorruption never stops changing, with new laws and new risks constantly arising. To help sort things out, and to gain his insight into other compliance challenges, we sat down with Gary Kalman,...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert - Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2019 Developments and Predictions

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Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - $34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason - On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more

Fisher Phillips

For US Employers Operating in Mexico, Anti-Corruption Compliance Now is a Multi-Jurisdictional Obligation

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For several decades, US employers operating in Mexico (or anywhere else around the globe, for that matter) have been subject to – and, therefore, should be aware of – the tenets of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - MTS Receives DOJ and SEC Declination Letters Concluding FCPA Investigations - On August 7, 2017, MTS Systems (MTS), a Minnesota based maker of test systems and industrial position...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Focus on China - October 2015

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Welcome to the third issue of Focus on China Compliance for 2015. According to the FCPA Blog’s October 2015 Corporate Investigations List, China leads the countries reported to be involved in FCPA investigations with 29...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Spain Sets a New Milestone with its Corporate Compliance Statute

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As of July 1 of this year, Spain becomes the latest in a string of nations with a corporate compliance defense. Article 33 of Spain’s criminal code will provide an exemption from corporate criminal liability where the company...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Canada’s New Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act and its Implications for Companies Subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt...

On June 1, 2015, Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (“ESTMA” or “the Act”) came into force. Approved in December 2014, but not in force until this month, the Act requires companies in the extractive sector...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Law Takes Effect Establishing a Public Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Bureau

On January 25, 2015, a new anti-corruption law took effect in Ukraine as part of a comprehensive legislative initiative targeting corruption among government employees, public officials and private legal entities, and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Legislature Amends Washington Anti-Rebate Statute

In a thoughtful amendment to Washington’s Anti-Rebate Statute, the Legislature has aligned the parameters of chapter 19.68 RCW with those of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, granting greater protection for EHR donation...more

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Brazil And Its Commitment To Anti-Corruption Enforcement

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It is too easy to ignore the impact that Brazil’s new anti-corruption law will have with a cynical brush of the hand in the air. It is too easy to dismiss Brazil’s commitment to the anti-corruption movement by suggesting...more

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Brazil's New Anti-Corruption Law: What Every Multinational Employer Should Know

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On August 1, 2013, Brazil enacted Law 12.846, a new anti-corruption law that establishes a comprehensive system of corporate and individual liability for acts of corruption against Brazilian and foreign public officials or...more

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