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A&O Shearman

Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

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We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Why Corporates Are Now More Likely to Face Criminal Prosecution for the Actions of Their Employees

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Significant Expansion to Corporate Criminal Liability Becomes Law in the United Kingdom - On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) became law. Under the Act, corporations will become...more

A&O Shearman

New sanctions guidance on "ownership and control" and due diligence expectations

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Updated guidance regarding the enforcement of financial sanctions from the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) was published on 16 March 2023. The guidance, which sits alongside OFSI’s general guidance on...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Serious Fraud Office Emphasizes Importance of Compliance Programs

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In a recent update to its internal guidance, the UK Serious Fraud Office provides insight into the general approach its investigators may take for evaluating organizations’ compliance programs—an approach similar to that of...more

The Volkov Law Group

Mondelez FCPA Enforcement Action — An Abuse of Prosecutorial Discretion?

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The first FCPA enforcement action for 2017 landed with very little fanfare. The SEC reached a settlement with Mondelez International for $13 million. The facts surround the hiring of an agent in India and the failure of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The New UK Corporate Offence of 'Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion': Implications for Fund Managers and...

The U.K. government expands its crackdown on tax evaders and the persons who assist them, by targeting businesses who fail to prevent tax evasion....more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on Private Equity

Our Focus on Private Equity provides a global perspective on some of the challenges being faced by PE firms and how these can be successfully addressed. It also examines some of the many opportunities available, e.g., by...more

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