UK law enforcement can now obtain an order against a person in or operating in the US for the production of or access to electronic data under a new ‘landmark’ US-UK data sharing agreement.
The agreement has been heralded...more
6/19/2020
/ CLOUD Act ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Document Productions ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Law Enforcement ,
Overseas Production Order (OPO) ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) ,
UK
'Whistleblower' is a widely used term. However, what it means and the protections a whistleblower might receive are by no means universal. Whistleblowers have been a regular presence in the news over recent years, from...more
11/27/2019
/ EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Council ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Internal Reporting ,
Legal Aid ,
Member State ,
PIDA 1998 ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Interest ,
UK ,
Waiver of Liability ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Is there a point at which co-operation becomes capitulation? Is there a danger inherent in co-operating without the guarantee of a favourable outcome for doing so?...more
An informant is sent into the midst of a criminal gang. He is wearing a concealed device, crudely taped to his chest. Law enforcement agents listen in from the back of an unmarked van parked inconspicuously nearby hoping to...more
6/14/2019
/ Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS) ,
Criminal Investigations ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Evidence ,
Immunity ,
Informants ,
Organized Crime ,
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) ,
Sentence Reduction ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wiretapping
Five years ago, in the spring of 2014, Deferred Prosecution Agreements ('DPAs') were first introduced in the UK through the Crime and Courts Act 2013 ('CCA').1 Since then, the Serious Fraud Office ('SFO') has concluded four...more
5/11/2019
/ Conspiracies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Immunity ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) ,
Shareholder Rights ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017
Following mounting calls for reform of the UK's corporate criminal liability regime, the Government is expected to consult later this year on potential reforms, which are likely to include a new corporate offence of failing...more
3/14/2019
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Liability ,
Failure to Prevent ,
Financial Crimes ,
Money Laundering ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK Bribery Act ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017