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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 |
FSA enforcement and lessons from GalleonHot on the heels of securing convictions and a custodial sentence for insider dealing in R v McQuoid [2009], further signs of the Financial Services Authority (FSA)’s renewed vigour for combating market abuse continue to ... Read more |
Overseas bribery and corruption: a practical guide for corporations and individualsAs of 1 October 2009, BAE Systems (BAE), the UK’s biggest manufacturer, faces bribery charges and possible confiscation of potentially hundreds of millions of pounds. This article explores the accountability of both individuals and corporations ... Read more |
Corporate corruption: practical analysis of the new SFO guidanceAs part of its ongoing initiative to combat corrupt business practices, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued written guidance (the guide) to the corporate sector in July 2009.1 This set out the approach that the ... Read more |
To plead or not to plead? The new guidelines on plea discussionsThe Attorney General’s Guidelines on Plea Discussions in Cases of Serious or Complex Fraud (the Guidelines) came into force on 5 May 2009 in an attempt to reduce both the time and cost associated with ... Read more |
New Guidance for Companies from SFO on Self-Reporting OverseasOn July 21 2009 the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued written guidance to the corporate sector setting out the approach it will take in dealing with overseas corruption, and in particular the manner in ... Read more |
CIB: fraud fact-findersEnforcement agencies such as the police, Serious Fraud Office, Trading Standards and Financial Services Authority (FSA) have a high public profile, but the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) is often overlooked as a key weapon in ... Read more |
Boiling point: targets and tricks of the boiler room fraudstersBoiler room frauds are not a new scam but they are more easily noticed during times of economic crisis. Regulators and enforcement agencies are stepping up their efforts to crack down on this sophisticated illegal ... Read more |
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