Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Self-Reporting, Criminal Prosecution

New SFO Guidance Unlikely to Drive Increase in Self-Reporting of Corporate Wrongdoing

WilmerHale on 5/8/2025

On April 24, 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing. The guidance emphasises that prompt self-reporting combined with full...more

Sarclad Bribery Acquittals: Self-reports to SFO and agreeing a DPA

BCLP on 7/26/2019

On 16 July 2019, three individuals were acquitted of conspiracy to corrupt and conspiracy to bribe. On the basis of the same evidence, their employer, Sarclad Limited, had previously admitted corporate criminal liability and...more

The Bribery Act 2010 - Where Are We?

BCLP on 3/29/2019

This is the first of a series of articles on the House of Lords Select Committee’s recent report, entitled “The Bribery Act 2010: post-legislative scrutiny”, in which members of BCLP’s White Collar team review the report. ...more

Lawyers Beware: Battle of Legal Professional Privilege of Internal Investigation Continues in England and Wales

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 11/10/2017

Last month, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales granted permission for Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. Ltd. (“ENRC”) to appeal the May 2017 decision by the High Court relating to a dispute over the legal professional...more

Two Recent Decisions Highlight the Court’s Increasingly Narrow Interpretation on the Availability of Legal Privilege in Internal...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/24/2017

Two recent decisions of the English High Court have considered the availability of legal professional privilege in relation to internal investigations. In both cases the availability of legal professional privilege has been...more

A transatlantic consideration of recent developments in corporate self-reporting

WilmerHale on 4/27/2016

More carrot, less stick? On 5 April 2016, the Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division issued an Enforcement Plan and Guidance (the DOJ Guidance), setting out the steps that it is taking to...more