Criminal Prosecution, Risk Assessment, Bribery

CPS and SFO publish joint corporate prosecutions guidance – what it means for UK corporates

Hogan Lovells on 8/21/2025

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have overhauled their Corporate Prosecutions guidance – clarifying how prosecutors will handle charges, forum and case strategy going forward. The previous...more

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on 5/20/2024

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...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

Scottish Authorities Settle First Corporate Criminal Offence Under the Bribery Act

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/8/2015

On 25 September 2015, prosecutors in Scotland announced the first application of the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010. Due to self-reporting and extensive cooperation...more

Misconduct in the C-Suite: The United Airlines Scandal

The Volkov Law Group on 9/15/2015

It was like a bolt out of the blue – United Airlines’ CEO and two senior executives hastily announced their resignation as a result of their involvement in a bribery scandal with the New York Port Authority....more

DOJ’s Warning to High-Tech Companies: SAP Official Pleads Guilty To FCPA Violation

The Volkov Law Group on 8/25/2015

When DOJ acts, they like to make a splash. While the FCPA Paparazzi have been lamenting the “slow down” in FCPA enforcement actions and the increase in case closings, DOJ still makes its mark when it acts, and I expect more...more