Corporate Transparency Act, Corporate Liability

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025: further reforms to be made to the identification principle

A&O Shearman on 4/1/2025

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025, published by the UK Government on February 25, 2025, proposes extending the new ‘senior manager’ test of corporate criminal attribution to all criminal offences, not just economic crime...more

Why Corporates Are Now More Likely to Face Criminal Prosecution for the Actions of Their Employees

K&L Gates LLP on 11/21/2023

Significant Expansion to Corporate Criminal Liability Becomes Law in the United Kingdom - On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) became law. Under the Act, corporations will become...more

New UK law passed to tackle economic crime and corporate secrecy

A&O Shearman on 10/30/2023

The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) is the latest step in the UK Government’s attempts to address economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. Whilst most of the key...more

Preparing for the Corporate Transparency Act: What you should be doing now

Quarles & Brady LLP on 8/4/2023

Although you have probably been bombarded with news about the Corporate Transparency Act which is set to take effect on January 1, 2024, its actual impact for most operational companies in the U.S. will likely be...more

Further Significant Reform of UK Corporate Criminal Liability

WilmerHale on 6/21/2023

On June 15, 2023, the UK Government announced that it would seek to introduce the biggest reform of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales for more than 50 years. ...more

Goodbye Shareholder Anonymity, Hello Transparency

Holland & Hart LLP on 12/10/2021

Throughout US history, most businesses have been able to organize and operate without needing to disclose their ownership or management. This privacy afforded to businesses and their management, along with the protection of...more