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Corporate Criminal Responsibility Set for Reform in the UK: The Crime and Policing Bill

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Corporate criminal responsibility in the UK is poised for further reform as the Crime and Policing Bill 2025 (CPB) advances through Parliament. Currently through the House of Commons, and now in the House of Lords, the...more

Jones Day

Global Enforcement And Asset Recovery Series - Series Article 2: Asset Disclosure

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In the context of asset recovery, a successful outcome largely depends on the ability of a claimant to garner sufficient disclosure of assets that are amenable to enforcement. This, in turn, explains why the powerful...more

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New SFO Guidance Unlikely to Drive Increase in Self-Reporting of Corporate Wrongdoing

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On April 24, 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing. The guidance emphasises that prompt self-reporting combined with full...more

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[Podcast] From DOJ to Private Practice with Albert "BJ" Stieglitz

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Join host Kevin Muhlendorf for an insightful conversation with Albert "BJ" Stieglitz, a former federal prosecutor with unique cross-border expertise. In this episode, BJ shares his experiences from his time at the UK Serious...more

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A new sheriff in town? No time for complacency as the US pauses anti-corruption enforcement

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A new anti-bribery and corruption alliance among enforcement authorities in the UK, France and Switzerland sends a clear message to corporates that any pause in enforcement of the US FCPA does not mean that acts of bribery by...more

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The End of LIBOR: Hotel California Edition [Part II]

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On October 1, 2024, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) phased out ‘Zombie’ LIBOR, as a transitional benchmark, with the move to alternative “risk-free” rates....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

New Civil Monetary Penalty Regime for UK Trade Sanctions

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The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 empower OTSI to enforce UK trade sanctions through civil monetary penalties, building on the role of OFSI, which has enforced UK financial...more

BakerHostetler

New Crypto Payment and Web3 Products Launch; UK Seeks Input on DeFi Taxation; OFAC Fines Crypto Exchange; SEC, DOJ, CFTC Continue...

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Multiple Financial Services Firms Announce New Crypto Products - A major U.S. financial services firm recently launched its Crypto Credential product, “a set of common standards and infrastructure that will help verify...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

France Further Aligns Corporate Crime Guidance With US and UK Approaches to Sentencing and Leniency

On January 16, 2023, France’s financial prosecutor, the “Parquet National Financier” (PNF), issued updated guidance (the Guidelines) regarding its approach to offering, negotiating and entering into French deferred...more

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Bribery Act 2010: Ten Years On

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Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Robust Action Dominates Global Government Enforcement Landscape"

In the global criminal and regulatory enforcement arena, robust enforcement actions against multinational companies are likely to continue worldwide in 2015. In North and South America, Europe and Asia, with criminal...more

NAVEX

Jail Time & Multi-National Cooperation in Investigations: Clues to Future Enforcement of U.K. Financial Crimes

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In the first of three posts on the future enforcement of U.K. financial crimes, we explore the implications of enforcement actions in the U.K. To see all four clues and a roadmap for implementing an effective business conduct...more

BakerHostetler

Corruption Enforcement Goes Global

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As BakerHostetler recently reported in its FCPA Mid-Year Update, the phenomenon of parallel prosecutions is gaining popularity as more countries enact and enforce anti-corruption legislation....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Bribery Act Comes To Life?

On August 14, 2013, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged three British nationals with offenses under the UK Bribery Act 2010. This is the first Bribery Act prosecution brought by the SFO. While it is impossible to discern a...more

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