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Mayer Brown

Eye on Economic Crime: HMRC Brings Forward First Corporate Prosecution Under Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion Offence

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On 11 August 2025, HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") initiated its first corporate prosecution under the failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion offence, which was introduced by the Criminal Finances Act 2017.  Bennett...more

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UK Government to launch new unit to enforce export controls and trade sanctions

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On 11 December 2023, the UK Government announced plans to create the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), a new governmental body that will be responsible for inter alia the civil enforcement of UK trade...more

Alston & Bird

Going All In: The CPS Shakes Up the UK Corporate Criminal Enforcement Landscape with a Landmark DPA

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examine the Crown Prosecution Service’s first deferred prosecution agreement and what it means for future enforcement....more

Sullivan & Worcester

Compliance Alert! Regulated Entities Gear Up for the UK's Economic Crime Levy

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If your organisation is both supervised under the UK Money Laundering Regulations (“MLR”) and your UK Revenue exceeds £10.2 million per year, if you are not already, you will need to prepare for the forthcoming Economic Crime...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Corporate Transparency - Sweeping Changes on the Horizon

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In February 2022, the UK Government published the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform White Paper (the “White Paper”), which set out its plans to reform Companies House and increase the transparency of UK corporate...more

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Coronavirus (UK): detailed guidance published on the extended furlough scheme – key points for employers

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In our blog on 5 November 2020, we flagged that further government guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) would be provided on 10 November 2020. HMRC has now published that guidance....more

Morgan Lewis

COVID-19 Updates in the UK: Job Support Scheme Amendments and Furlough Fraud

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The United Kingdom has amended its new job protection scheme to require employees to work 20% of their usual hours in order to receive a government subsidy, and employers that knowingly received money to which they weren’t...more

McGuireWoods LLP

COVID-19: UK Expands Job Support Scheme

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The UK government announced on 9 October 2020 an expansion of the Job Support Scheme (Expanded JSS) to support workers and businesses through the continuing public health crisis. Businesses which are forced to close because...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

High Court Decision Confirms the Availability of the Protection of Litigation Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations

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In a recent decision, the Chancellor of the High Court in Bilta v RBS confirmed that in certain circumstances litigation privilege may protect from disclosure documents created in the context of an internal investigation. The...more

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