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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

OFSI Issues First-Ever Monetary Penalty for a Failure To Provide Information: Key Considerations for Companies

The Offence and Penalty - On 8 May 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its 11 April 2025 notice of its first-ever monetary penalty for an information offence relating to financial...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Government Publishes Immigration White Paper Setting Out Significant Intended Reforms

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The UK government published its immigration White Paper on May 12 setting out proposed reforms to the UK’s immigration system. Titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, the government outlines its intention to...more

Paul Hastings LLP

The UK Launches Its Own ‘FARA’: What Companies Need to Know About the New Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

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On July 1, 2025, the United Kingdom’s new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) will formally take effect, creating sweeping registration obligations under U.K. law for persons engaging in certain activities on behalf...more

Morgan Lewis

Expansion of the UK Illegal Working Regime: New Requirements for Right to Work Checks

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The UK government has announced plans to implement significant changes to the illegal working regime that would extend the requirement for right to work checks to businesses hiring gig economy and zero-hour workers. This move...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Preparing Organisations for the New UK Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence

Fraud is the most common offence in the UK, amounting to 41% of all crime.  On 26 October 2023, the UK’s long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 20232  (the Act) received Royal Assent, setting out...more

Alston & Bird

Going All In: The CPS Shakes Up the UK Corporate Criminal Enforcement Landscape with a Landmark DPA

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examine the Crown Prosecution Service’s first deferred prosecution agreement and what it means for future enforcement....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFIUK: The United Kingdom Introduces a New Mechanism for Foreign Direct Investment Screening

On November 11, 2020, the UK government proposed a much anticipated National Security and Investment Bill (the Bill or proposed Regulation) before Parliament. The Bill is the result of a series of government papers and legal...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Criminal Obligations on UK Employers and Employees

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On 24 September 2020, the Government updated its COVID-secure workplace guidance to require office workers who can work “effectively” from home to do so over the winter. Where an employer, in consultation with its employee,...more

White & Case LLP

OFSI imposes first multi million pound penalty for UK sanctions breach

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The UK sanctions authority, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), has announced its first multi million pound fine since its establishment in 2016.  The fine confirms OFSI’s increasing enforcement activity...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Airbus Settlement: Part 1 – Introduction

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Rolls-Royce Global Enforcement Action: Part IV – What Does it all Mean?

Today I conclude my series on the Rolls-Royce global anti-corruption enforcement action by taking a look what it all means going forward. The resolution is more than simply the stunning fines and penalties of £671 million...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Sheriff In Town As Rolls-Royce Pays Record Penalty For Foreign Bribery And Corruption

On 17 January 2017, the UK Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”),[1] the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”),[2] and the Brazilian Ministério Público Federal (“MPF”) announced an $800 million global settlement with Rolls-Royce plc and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Rolls-Royce Global Enforcement Action: Part I

When most people across the globe think of Rolls-Royce, one word comes to mind – excellence. Yet that image largely relates to Rolls-Royce Limited, the automobile manufacturer, which was founded in 1909. Just a few years...more

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