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Beltway Buzz - August 2025

The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

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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

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Personal Matters - How will the risks to firms from individuals’ behaviour increase in 2024?

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Financial regulators in the UK have been interested for some years in the question of how personal behaviour can affect the risk profile of a financial institution. A recent SEC case suggests that US regulators may now be...more

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New UK 'failure to prevent' fraud corporate criminal offence

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A draft ‘failure to prevent fraud’ corporate criminal offence will render large companies liable for fraud committed by their associates. We consider the draft offence and implications for businesses....more

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New UK 'failure to prevent' fraud corporate criminal offence published - Update 9/6/2023

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A draft ‘failure to prevent fraud’ corporate criminal offence will render large companies liable for fraud committed by their associates. We consider the draft offence and implications for businesses....more

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Online Safety Bill Update: civil sanctions prioritized over criminal

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The U.K. Government recently introduced an updated draft of the Online Safety Bill (the “OSB”) to Parliament. The OSB is the U.K.’s first significant piece of legislation regulating online behavior. ...more

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50-State Update On COVID-19 Business Liability Protections

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A number of states have passed or are considering passing legislation to shield certain businesses from liability from claims for injury caused by exposure to COVID-19. Generally, the laws require that the business was in...more

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More Grief for the “Big Guys”: Draft Revision of the China Anti-Monopoly Law Introduces Further Restraints on Influential Market...

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On January 2, 2020, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, or the SAMR, released the Draft Revision of the Anti-Monopoly Law of China (the “Draft AML Revision”) for public comment. The Draft AML Revision is...more

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“Operation Pay Dirt” – Suffolk County Goes After Illegal Dumping

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“Operation Pay Dirt” was a joint investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the Suffolk County Police Department. It investigated...more

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Gesetzentwurf zur Bekämpfung der Unternehmenskriminalität bringt neue Regeln für interne Untersuchungen – Datenschutz gewinnt...

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Das Justizministerium arbeitet mit Hochdruck an einem Entwurf für ein Unternehmensstrafrecht. Der Entwurf verfolgt das Ziel, die Sanktionierung von Unternehmen und sonstigen Verbänden auf eine eigene gesetzliche Grundlage zu...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Bill Seeks to Bring Clarity to Insider Trading Law

On May 7, 2019, Representative James Himes (D-Conn) introduced the “Insider Trading Prohibition Act” (H.R. 2534). The proposed legislation would amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, §§15 U.S. Code §?78a et seq. (the...more

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The Proposed Corporate Executive Accountability Act - Bending the Space-Time Continuum to Find Criminal Culpability of Corporate...

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Two core principles of American criminal liability are: (1) a crime does not occur unless the accused has both criminal intent (mens rea) and commits a criminal act (actus reus); and (2) the intent and the act must occur at...more

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Is Cannabis Banking "SAFE"? Marijuana and Its Secure and Fair Enforcement

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On March 28, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee voted overwhelmingly (45-15) to advance H.R. 1595, known as the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019. The bill seeks to protect financial...more

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Jail Time for Executives? Federal Privacy Proposals Have Teeth

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2019 will bring significant privacy law changes in the U.S. These changes will require significant compliance efforts by companies operating in the U.S. this year. It is still an open question as to whether those compliance...more

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Russian Parliament Introduces New Legislation in Retaliation for U.S. Sanctions

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The Situation: The Duma, the Russian parliament's lower chamber, has introduced a Draft Law that, if enacted, imposes criminal liability for compliance with U.S. and other foreign sanctions against Russian parties. The...more

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The Panama Effect: UK Government accelerates proposals to criminalise failure to prevent tax evasion

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10 considerations for professionals and corporates worldwide in advance of the new law. Overview - In a move widely seen as a response to the so-called “Panama Papers” revelations, the UK Government has enhanced...more

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