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Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance

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The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors....more

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Further Significant Reform of UK Corporate Criminal Liability

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On June 15, 2023, the UK Government announced that it would seek to introduce the biggest reform of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales for more than 50 years. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Transatlantic Approach on Corporate Cooperation: How Newly Issued French and UK Guidance Compare to US Practices

As widely anticipated, French and U.K. regulators recently published guidance detailing their expectations for corporate cooperation in enforcement investigations. Both sets of guidance demonstrate further alignment of those...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Jury Verdict Clarifies “Adequate Procedures” Under UK Bribery Act

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more

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Corporate Criminal Liability: the UK is Now Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk

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The UK’s growing focus on corporate criminal liability was seen in two recent pieces of news. Last Friday the government announced a consultation on extending the reach of corporate criminal liability to additional...more

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