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Poland post-regime change: shifting enforcement approaches to state-owned enterprises and their business partners

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There was significant legal and regulatory scrutiny across both private and state-owned sectors in Poland in 2024, focusing on business fraud, sanctions compliance, money laundering, and bribery. State-owned enterprises,...more

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White-collar crime developments in Italy: trends and developments

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There has been an increase in enforcement action and strategies relating to cybercrimes, supply-chain related offenses, VAT fraud, corruption, and money laundering. A significant shift has been prompted by the EU Corporate...more

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Belgian investigations trends and developments in white collar crime

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We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors. Investigations are boosted by...more

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Part 1: What is a Whistleblowing Hotline?

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In part one of this three-part blog series, we’re going back to the basics. In this article, we’ll answer the question: what is a whistleblowing hotline? A whistleblowing hotline is a channel that allows employees and others...more

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[Event] 11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 20th - 22nd, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In-person is back! Join us in Amsterdam for the 2023 European Compliance & Ethics Institute! Strengthen your compliance and ethics program by attending our 11th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 20-22 March...more

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Fixing Integrity in Top-Level Sports: Applying Lessons from the Financial Services Sector

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Over the past decade sport globally has had a number of high-profile public scandals, namely in doping and abuse. In the UK, British Gymnastics has been placed under the microscope for reports of abuse; a doping scandal has...more

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EU Whistleblower Directive: A Primer (Part IV of IV) – Protections, Prohibitions and Penalties

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The Directive’s robust prohibitions against retaliation for covered persons—including both attempts and threats— is meticulously outlined in Article 19....more

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EU Whistleblower Directive: A Primer (Part III of IV) – Data Privacy and Recordkeeping

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Article 17 of the Directive explicitly incorporates the provisions of Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (“GDPR”) to the handling of such data in relation...more

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EU Whistleblower Directive: A Primer (Part I of IV) – An Overview

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Directive 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and Council dated 23 October 2019 on the “protection of persons who report breaches of Union law” (the “Directive”)[1] is set to enter into legal force on 17 December 2021—the...more

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The EU Speaking Up Regime – Plenty of Process and Protection but no Bounties

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In 2019 the EU introduced new rules to enable whistleblowers to report about EU law irregularities (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L1937), which EU countries must implement into their...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The EU Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers

On April 23 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive (the proposal or the Directive) on whistleblower protections in response to a request from the European Parliament...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

White Collar Crime Alert - Proposition de directive européenne sur la protection des lanceurs d’alerte

En publiant le 23 avril 2018 une proposition de directive sur les lanceurs d’alerte, la Commission européenne répond aux sollicitations du Parlement européen. ...more

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The 2012 Global Employer: Highlights of Littler's Fifth Annual Global Employer Institute

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In this report: - I. Sustainable Innovations for a Changing Global Workforce - II. Forging a Global HR Team to Align with a Global Business: Transparency and Integration - III. Developing an Effective Global...more

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