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UK Sanctions Update: Further Sanctions Against Russia Introduced, More Syria Sanctions Lifted and First UK Prosecution for a...

The UK’s sanctions regimes remain dynamic as they continue to respond to geopolitical changes. In recent weeks, the UK has enhanced its Russia sanctions, despite the uncertain direction of the international sanctions on...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

A Look At UK, EU And US Cartel Enforcement Trends

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Demonstrating both increased cross-border collaboration and the adoption of novel theories of cartel violations, the European Commission and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, together with the U.S. competition...more

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Decoding AFA’s Guide: A Comparison of Sponsorship and Charitable Donations in France, the US and the UK

On March 26, 2024, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) published a guide on how to engage in corporate sponsorship and charitable donation activities while appropriately mitigating corruption risks (the Guide)...more

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Antitrust in focus - May 2023

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Pieter Huizing, partner based in Amsterdam, is our editor this month (learn more about Pieter in our Q&A feature at...more

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New US Efforts To Prosecute Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Violations May Require Compliance Programs To Be Updated

DOJ Increases Resources To Investigate and Prosecute Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Violations - On March 2, 2023, during a keynote speech at the American Bar Association’s annual White Collar Crime National...more

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CEP Magazine - March 2023. Don't be lulled

There appears to be a bit of a lull in corporate prosecutions lately. The big banner cases tend to involve crypto firms rather than household names. There are a few significant settlements, such as in opioid cases, but we...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

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

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

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

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

McDermott Will & Schulte

How CCO Reasonable Prevention Procedures Can Help You Mitigate DAC6 Penalties

Corporate criminal offences (CCOs) under Part 3 Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) are increasingly coming under the spotlight of the UK tax authorities. In a 10 February 2020 press release published in response to a Freedom of...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - France to Ban Mass Culling of Male Chicks - France’s agriculture minister has reportedly announced that the country will prohibit the mass culling of male chicks shortly after they...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.22.2020 | Top Story: Boeing Again Delays Return of 737Max to the Skies

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Boeing has again pushed back the return of its flawed 737Max model, revealing yesterday that it doesn’t expect regulators to sign-off on their return to the air until at least summer....more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.20.2019 | Goldman nearing $2B deal with DOJ to resolve 1MDB scandal claims

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Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2019 | Top Story: Drug Distributors and Maker in Talks for Multi-billion-dollar Opioid Litigation...

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A group of three major drug distributors—McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health—are in the midst of talks with representatives of state and local governments who have brought more than 2000 opioid-related lawsuits...more

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Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

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UK Regulator Secures Insider Dealing Conviction

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has secured convictions against two individuals accused of insider dealing. Fabiana Abdel-Malek, a former senior compliance officer at the London office of a major European headquartered...more

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Extradition: Back to the Future (with no flux capacitor)

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In the likely scenario of a "no-deal" Brexit, the UK's extradition arrangements will be going 'Back to the Future'. The UK will cease its participation in the European Arrest Warrant ("EAW") regime and revert to the 1959...more

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Europe Insights

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - January 2018

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Keeping ahead of global anti-corruption trends is critical in today’s business markets. The Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest, which puts global trends at your fingertips, puts you ahead. The deep experience of the Dorsey...more

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Businesses face unlimited fines for failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion

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Introduction - As part of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) introduced a new offence. From 30 September 2017, an organisation commits a criminal offence if an employee or...more

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Cross-Border Investigations Update - November 2017

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including new U.K. reporting obligations for sanctions violations,...more

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European White Collar Crime Report: Views on the key developments across Europe

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Europe at a glance - Across Europe, law makers are steadily expanding the circumstances in which companies can be found liable (whether criminally or otherwise) for the criminal conduct of their employees and other...more

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The Inside Scoop: What does Tabernula tell us about the future of criminal insider dealing enforcement in the UK?

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The high-profile insider trading prosecution dubbed “Operation Tabernula”, brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), has this month secured two further convictions. After a 12-week trial, Martyn Dodgson and Andrew...more

McGuireWoods LLP

European Competition Law Newsletter – October 2015

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On 14 September 2015, an individual (Nigel Snee) was sentenced by a UK court to six months of imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, for committing the criminal “cartel offence”. He was also ordered to do 120 hours of...more

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Trade Secrets Watch 2013 Year-In-Review

It’s been a hot year in the trade secrets field, with some huge verdicts and settlements, a renewed spotlight on cyberattacks, and an unusual flurry of trade secrets legislation. Trade Secrets Watch’s 2013 Year-in-Review...more

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