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DOJ Issues New FCPA Guidelines Amid Growing Ambitions of UK and European Prosecutors

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The guidelines confirm that FCPA enforcement will continue but provide opportunities for foreign authorities to lead where US interests are not significantly impacted....more

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France & UK Continue Corporate Criminal Enforcement: SFO Issues New Corporate Guidance

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Foreign regulators continue to intensify their efforts to combat bribery and corruption. France’s Anti-Corruption Agency (L’Agence française anticorruption or AFA) recently published its year-in-review for 2024, which showed...more

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Access points: how to respond to raids by UK investigating authorities

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Following recent media reports of raids conducted by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) - including at domestic residences - as part of a Covid-linked fraud investigation, and visits by the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to...more

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Lessons Learned from the Airbus Anti-Corruption Settlements

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In late January 2020, Airbus agreed to pay nearly $4 billion and to take a number of remedial measures in order to resolve alleged corruption violations with the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF), the United...more

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Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

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Whenever regulators or criminal authorities from multiple jurisdictions become interested in the same suspected misconduct, the potential for disagreement and conflict between those authorities becomes very real. While...more

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The UK’s Anti-Money Laundering framework is on the cusp of a facelift – are you ready for it?

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With the UK on the brink potentially of exiting the EU and business certainty at an all-time low, the Government faces enormous pressure to ensure that the UK remains an attractive place to do business. One very significant...more

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DOJ New No-Piling-On Policy for Corporate Sanctions Moves US Closer to UK and French Authorities

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On 9 May, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein announced a new DOJ policy that “encourages coordination among Department components and other enforcement agencies when imposing multiple penalties for the same conduct.” This...more

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A Last Hurrah - David Green CB QC’s Final Appearance Before the Justice Committee

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On 13 December 2017, the Justice Committee held an evidence session on the work of the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”). In his last scheduled appearance before the Justice Committee, David Green CB QC—Director of the...more

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Update: Creation of the National Economic Crime Centre

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On 11 December 2017 the Government announced the creation of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC). The NECC will be based within the National Crime Agency (NCA) and will act as a multi-agency organisation, tasked with...more

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FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 167-Mara Senn on the Top 10 Practices in a Cross-Border Investigation

In this episode I visit with noted white collar practitioner Mara Senn who discusses her top 10 best practices when conducting cross-border investigations. ...more

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