Criminal Prosecution, Senior Managers

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

DLA Piper on 7/16/2025

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

UK Criminal Liability Alert: Safeguarding Companies Operating in the UK From the Actions of Their Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/30/2024

New criminal laws in the UK will make companies more vulnerable to criminal prosecution for the acts of their employees and agents than ever before. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) introduces...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

Wells Fargo Settles With Justice Department for $3 Billion

The Volkov Law Group on 2/25/2020

This year, 2020, has been an enforcement year opening with billion-dollar settlements: first, Airbus settled FCPA charges for $4 billion, and now Wells Fargo for $3 billion. What a start to an enforcement year!...more

DOJ Criminal Division Releases Updated Guidance for Prosecutors Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/3/2019

On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski announced the release of an updated version of the Criminal Division's "The Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" during a keynote address at the...more

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Risk Assessments and Policies and Procedures (Part II of IV)

The Volkov Law Group on 5/3/2019

Part 1 of the Corporate Compliance Guidance addresses the following elements of a well-designed compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures, training and communications, confidential reporting structure and...more

Department of Justice Fraud Section Provides Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

Jones Day on 3/2/2017

On February 8, 2017, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") Fraud Section published a blueprint for assessing corporate compliance efforts, titled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" ("Guidance"). It...more

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