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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
Hosted by the C5 Group, the 18th Annual Conference on Anti-Corruption London will bring together the brightest minds in anti-corruption and compliance to review the most pressing multi-jurisdictional enforcement updates...more
Motivated by a “visceral reaction” to large-scale economic crime, Nick Ephgrave lays out vision for a bolder, more pragmatic, and more proactive agency. Whistleblowers, dawn raids, and cross-agency collaboration are all...more
Patisserie Valerie is a British patisserie and café chain. In 2018, the company found itself at the centre of an alleged accounting scandal. In 2019, Patisserie Valerie announced that its board had been notified of accounting...more
The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) has recently updated its Operational Handbook to include a chapter on DPAs (the "Updated Handbook"). For companies under investigation, the question of whether or not to cooperate with the...more
Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more
On 25 November at a sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court, Alstom Network UK Limited (ANUK) – a subsidiary of French rail conglomerate Alstom – was fined £15m, plus £1.4m in costs, for conspiring to make corrupt...more
The much heralded Corporate Co-operation Guidance published by the Serious Fraud Office recently offers little comfort to corporates struggling with the dilemma of whether to self-report wrongdoing. Instead it offers a...more
On August 6, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance formalizing its policy on corporate cooperation. Although the SFO makes no promises, the new policy serves as a useful road map for any company attempting...more
Recent Trends And Patterns In FCPA Enforcement - Although the DOJ and SEC brought a relatively low number of FCPA enforcement actions in the first half of 2019, an unusually large portion of those enforcement actions...more
The Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Lisa Osofsky, has promised to provide companies with concrete guidance on cooperation with the SFO. Based on her recent comments, this guidance is likely to encourage...more
What is the background to this DPA and why is it only now being published? On 29 October 2014, the SFO opened an investigation into Tesco Stores Ltd in relation to a suspected offence of false accounting, contrary to...more
The English Court of Appeal has handed down its much-anticipated judgment in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006. At first instance, the High Court...more
New SFO Director reaffirms her intentions and priorities for the agency. Fifty days have passed since Lisa Osofsky took over at the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), pledging to be a “different kind” of director....more
Summary - On September 5, 2018, the English Court of Appeal (the Court) issued its decision in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006. The much...more
Legal professional privilege (“LPP”) has been a feature of the common law for centuries, developed through the public interest in protecting confidentiality of communications between a lawyer and its client. As a concept...more
Brief Comments on The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 - On Sept. 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down a unanimous...more
Brief Comments on The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006....more
The English Court of Appeal's much - anticipated decision on legal professional privilege in Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd. contains mixed news for companies conducting...more
On 5 September the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the long-awaited, and much discussed, case of SFO v ENRC. Justice Andrews’ ruling in the lower court, which rejected ENRC’s claim to litigation privilege, had...more
In a much-anticipated appellate decision, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has clarified English law regarding litigation privilege applicable to internal investigations, which has significant implications for US...more
English Court of Appeal Reaffirms Privilege Over Internal Investigation Documents Prepared in Contemplation of Litigation - In a much anticipated decision, the Court of Appeal has reaffirmed legal privilege protection for...more
In an eagerly awaited judgment, the English Court of Appeal has today overturned an earlier decision narrowing the scope of litigation privilege in criminal investigations in the UK. The Court of Appeal ruled that interview...more
On 19 April 2018 the High Court handed down its judgment in the case R (on the application of AL) v Serious Fraud Office. The Claimant (AL) is a current defendant in criminal proceedings brought by the SFO....more
In two recent decisions, the English courts have grappled with the application of litigation privilege in the wake of Andrews J’s decision in SFO v ENRC. In Bilta v RBS, the court upheld a claim to litigation privilege over...more