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Corporate Governance Criminal Prosecution United Kingdom

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Crime and Policing Bill: New Measures To Facilitate Prosecution of Companies and High-Net-Worth Individuals

Key Points - If the Crime and Policing Bill (CPB) is enacted in current form, it will make it significantly easier for companies to be held liable for criminal offences committed by their senior managers. Coupled with the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK, France and Switzerland Focus on Enforcement With New Anti-Corruption Taskforce

On 20 March 2025, enforcement authorities in the UK, France and Switzerland announced the creation of the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce. The taskforce is comprised of: - The UK’s Serious Fraud...more

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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - March 2025

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On 6 February 2025, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee published a report titled “Naming and shaming: how not to regulate”....more

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Pausing Bribery Prosecutions: What Companies Need to Know

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Last week President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the nation’s most robust anti-bribery statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). The EO seeks a complete overhaul of the FCPA enforcement...more

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Top Tips for Global Companies Preparing for the UK’s New “Failure to Prevent Fraud” Offence

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Companies in the US and around the world should consider their potential for UK exposure and assess their compliance programmes in light of that risk. On 1 September 2025, the UK will implement a new corporate criminal...more

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One Step Closer To The Future (Part III) – Corporate Criminal Liability For Failure To Prevent Non-Economic Crimes

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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

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Financial Services Act 2021 - changes to PDMR notifications

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The Financial Services Act 2021 (the “Act”) has received Royal Assent and is now law. What does this mean for issuers?...more

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The Future of U.K. Enforcement of Financial Crimes: Four Clues for 2015

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The legal and compliance landscape is changing quickly—it’s up to organisations that do business in the U.K. to strengthen their compliance programmes to meet these new challenges. In this whitepaper, Andrew Foose, vice...more

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