Criminal Prosecution, Employer Liability Issues, UK

The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023: What companies need to know and what they can do to prepare

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/23/2025

The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 sets out two major reforms making it much easier for UK authorities to prosecute corporate wrongdoing: - it substantially increases the circumstances in which a company...more

Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/8/2023

At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

Tread carefully: Global pay and employee benefits traps for the unwary

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/13/2021

This briefing highlights a number of international pay and employee benefits legal issues that carry potentially severe penalties. Each of these issues is well worth a review now to avoid future consequences. International...more

New Criminal Obligations on UK Employers and Employees

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/16/2020

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

The Dangers of Weaponizing NDAS

Fisher Phillips on 5/1/2019

UK employers entering into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) as part of their sexual harassment or discrimination settlements will begin to find the scope of their NDAs significantly limited. This article focuses on the latest...more

Jukes: English Appellate Decision on Litigation Privilege in Internal Investigations

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/22/2018

The English Court of Appeal provides further guidance, approving ENRC, on when litigation privilege will not apply to information gathering materials. The English Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) has ruled that...more