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Procurement bans and the threat to self-reportingThe existence of a mandatory exclusion from public procurement on a permanent and Europe-wide basis presents a real threat to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)’s new culture of self-reporting.Richard Alderman, the current director of the ... Read more |
Bribery Act 2010: a guide for in-house lawyersNeil Gerrard (left) and Robert Wardle (right) outline the main features of the new legislation, discuss what changes it will bring and assess whether companies are ready to comply, explaining how legal teams must raise ... Read more |
Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughterIn February 2010 the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the SGC) issued definitive guidelines to courts on imposing appropriate sentences for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. The SGC states that fines imposed on ... Read more |
Who’s watching you? Rise of corporate monitoringThe new zealous and robust approach adopted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to combat corporate fraud and corruption offences has been increasingly described as the Americanisation of the organisation. The US Department of Justice ... Read more |
Extradition risks in the spotlightIn principle, there can be no argument that someone who commits an offence in one country should be able to avoid justice by fleeing to another. Generally, it is likely to be in the interests ... Read more |
Asset confiscation: the ultimate penalty?As an increasing number of criminal offences are now covered by the confiscation regime, Caroline Lee (left) and James Moss (right) look at how the legislation has been used and provide guidance for in-house lawyers ... Read more |
Look before you leap: anti-corruption due diligence in M&AIt is a well-established practice that companies carry out merger and acquisition (M&A) due diligence using a suite of questions and documentary information requests aimed at establishing legal, financial and reputational risks. However, as enforcement ... Read more |
Will it be a Happy New Year for your company?The year-end audit process can bring headaches for in-house lawyers. With the financial year for most companies ending on 31 December, the first few months of the New Year bring the deepest scrutiny by external ... Read more |
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