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The Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) is a strategy developed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which 1) establishes priorities for the EEOC and 2) integrates the EEOC's private and... more +
The Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) is a strategy developed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which 1) establishes priorities for the EEOC and 2) integrates the EEOC's private and public enforcement efforts. The purpose of the SEP is to focus the EEOC's resources to best address discriminatory practices in the workplace. less -
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SFO Announces Ambitious Five-Year Plan

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The Serious Fraud Office’s strategy for 2024 to 2029 indicates aspiration to be a more effective agency and to incentivise personnel. On 18 April 2024, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published an ambitious, albeit...more

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Restrictive Covenant Crackdown Poses New Challenges for M&A Deal Teams

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Corporates and deal teams should pay careful attention to drafting non-competes and other restrictive arrangements as UK, EU, and US regulators step up enforcement. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are placing...more

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Economic Crime: the Crown Prosecution Service unveils its strategy

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On 30 March 2021, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published an overview of its strategy in relation to economic crime, outlining its high-level goals leading up to 2025. In it, the CPS ambitiously commits “to ensure the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2020 | Top Story: Big Tech Antitrust Update

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Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more

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The Year Ahead in EU Merger Control: Five Key Trends to Watch

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The dawn of a new year provides a great opportunity to take stock of where EU merger control might go in the next year. In this blog, we outline what we consider to be five key trends to watch out for in EU merger control in...more

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UK Regulator Sets Out Strategy to Manage Risk of Harm from Wholesale Brokers

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a "Dear CEO" letter addressed to wholesale market broking firms highlighting its view of the key risks of harm that such brokerage firms pose for their clients and markets and the...more

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FCA Fires Warning Shot to Brokers in Wholesale Markets

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Latest Dear CEO letter from the regulator includes strong criticism and warns that firms need to improve to meet regulatory expectations. Key Points: ..FCA supervisory work during the next two years will focus on four...more

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The Bribery Act 2010 – Brexit and EU enforcement

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In this second article of our series on the House of Lords Select Committee’s recent report, entitled “The Bribery Act 2010: post-legislative scrutiny”, we come to that now inescapable topic in British law and politics —...more

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FCPA Digest - Recent Trends and Patterns in the Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - January 2019

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INTRODUCTION: RECENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN FCPA ENFORCEMENT - Although FCPA enforcement across the 2018 calendar year seemed to ebb and flow, in retrospect the enforcement agencies brought a typical number of enforcement...more

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The Serious Fraud Office – Where Next in 2019?

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Speaking at The Lawyer’s Managing Risk and Litigation 2018 Conference recently, Matthew Wagstaff, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), outlined the agency’s current priorities and future...more

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“I Will Be a Different Kind of Director”: Lisa Osofsky Outlines Her Priorities as New Director of the Serious Fraud Office

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On 3 September, Lisa Osofsky gave her inaugural speech as the new Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) to the annual Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. After a long period of transition...more

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Competition and Markets Authority – Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18

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On 24 July 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) released its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 (the “2017/18 Report”). As part of its overall objective in promoting competition for the...more

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Private Banking Newsletter: Issues Impacting the Private Bank Sector

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The FCA’s Business Plan for 2018/19, published on 9 April 2018, outlined key priorities for the upcoming year. Although the Business Plan revealed that the FCA’s Brexit-related workload will mean a dearth of new initiatives,...more

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The FCA’s enforcement outlook for 2018

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On 21 March 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation document setting out its approach to enforcement for 2018. The paper aims to provide clarity and transparency on how the FCA exercises its...more

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The Financial Conduct Authority’s 2018/19 Business Plan

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) recently released its 2018/19 Business Plan. The Plan sets out the FCA’s priorities for the year ahead across multiple areas, including financial crime....more

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Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition - January 2018

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In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, U.S. and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more

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Cyber-resilience - a repeated regulatory message

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An expectation that regulated financial services firms be ‘cyber-resilient’ should not cause any surprise. Cyber-crime and data breaches represent major risks for business generally. Comparatively, that risk is not mitigated...more

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The UK Senior Managers Regime: One Year Later

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On March 7, 2017, it will be one year since the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's senior managers and certification regime came into force, heralding a new era of personal accountability in the financial sector. A...more

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New UK Competition Watchdog Sets Its Sights on Cartels

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently released its Annual Plan for 2015/2016. The Plan announces the CMA’s enforcement priorities for what will be the second year since the new organization assumed its...more

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"United Kingdom: The SFO Focuses on Corporate Fraud and Corruption"

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Once the subject of speculation regarding its possible consolidation with other agencies, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had an exceedingly busy 2014, with all signs suggesting that it will continue its aggressive enforcement...more

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"Robust Action Dominates Global Government Enforcement Landscape"

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In the global criminal and regulatory enforcement arena, robust enforcement actions against multinational companies are likely to continue worldwide in 2015. In North and South America, Europe and Asia, with criminal...more

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2015 Trends: #7 Crime and Punishment

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On the accountability and punishment front, three trends bear watching: 1) Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) DPAs and Non-Prosecution Agreements (NPAs) allow prosecutors to require corporate reforms and...more

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Court Decisions in the U.S. and China Bolster Law Enforcement’s Ability to Prosecute Global Corporate Corruption

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On October 6, 2014, the United States Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal involving violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)—the U.S. statute that criminalizes the bribing of foreign officials. The...more

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Cross-Border Investigations Update - October 2014

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In This Issue: Cross–Border Enforcement Trends: - Market Abuse - Economic Sanctions - Cross-Border Tax Enforcement - Anti-Corruption - Antitrust - A New Enforcement Environment in China: ...more

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UK Government Proposes New Insider Dealing Powers in the Wholesale Energy Markets

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The Department of Energy and Climate Change published a Consultation on 6 August 2014 seeking views on its proposals to introduce new criminal offences for insider dealing in and the manipulation of the wholesale energy...more

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