1/30/2017 11:11:34 AM Failure to prevent economic crime – the next stop on the corporate compliance journey By Ruby Hamid The success of the UK Bribery Act’s ‘failure to prevent’ offence for corporates is proving to be a trigger for plans to broaden the...
1/17/2017 4:02:07 PM The prevention of tax evasion: now firmly on the menu By Ruby Hamid The global crackdown on tax evasion, increasing pressure from governments and the media, and new transparency measures have demonstrated...
1/17/2017 11:46:26 AM Lower UK regulatory enforcement activity and penalties in 2016, but not expecting this to last By Piers Reynolds So far, in the 2016/17 financial year the UK’s FCA penalties stand at £18m compared with the total of £885m in 2015/16. At ten months...
1/17/2017 11:09:40 AM Unified Patent Court - provisional timetable published By Christina Guazzi The UPC Preparatory Committee has announced that it is working to a timetable that would bring the Court into operation in December 2017....
1/11/2017 9:59:21 AM Managing human rights risks in global operations and supply chains By Michael Quayle The introduction of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – and more recently legislation such as the UK Modern Slavery...