Mar 27, 2018 Resolving Disagreement Among Lower Courts, the US Supreme Court Allows Federal Securities Law Cases to be Heard in State Courts By Linda Martin By: Linda Martin, Tim Harkness, David Livshiz, Rob McCallum and Lauren Kaplin Introduction On March 20, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court...
Mar 23, 2018 Understanding corporate criminal liability risks across the globe By Caroline Doherty de Novoa The sources of criminal enforcement risk for multinationals have evolved significantly in recent years, with new offences aimed at...
Mar 23, 2018 New representative actions on their way in “business-to-consumer mass harm situations”? By Andrew Austin On 11 April, the European Commission will present proposals that are expected to allow consumer organisations to seek damages on behalf...
Mar 22, 2018 Singapore introduces deferred prosecution agreements By Sandy Baggett On Monday, 19 March 2018, the Singapore Parliament passed the Criminal Justice Reform Act, which among other things, enacts a framework...
Mar 20, 2018 China ramps up anti-corruption campaign with new super-agency By Xin Liu Companies doing business with China have greater incentive than ever before to strengthen their compliance programs, as the country has...
Mar 19, 2018 The latest TRACE report: anti-bribery enforcement is back to normal in the US and surprisingly active in Europe By Katie Palms TRACE International recently published its 2017 Global Enforcement Report (GER) with the most up-to-date statistics on cross-border...
Mar 16, 2018 Dodgy fidget spinners and inflammable beards – another year of RAPEX notifications By Andrew Austin Co-authored by James Smith Since 2004, the European Commission has published an annual report on the functioning of the Rapid Alert...
Mar 14, 2018 Can UK firms have their ethical cake and eat it? By Christopher Robinson By Christopher Robinson, Simon Orton and Melanie Fitzsimons According to the consensus of a selection of essayists writing in the FCA’s...
Mar 13, 2018 English courts’ jurisdiction still depends heavily on the relevant facts By Kate Collister Co-author: Ian Jones The Court of Appeal recently gave its eagerly awaited judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and...
Mar 12, 2018 Brexonomics - how bad are the numbers? By Rupert Macey-Dare The UK government’s latest economic analysis of the potential cost-benefits of Brexit for Britain, the so-called “EU Exit Analysis Cross...
Mar 08, 2018 Section 7 adequate procedures defence finally put to the test - but at what cost? By Ruby Hamid The adequate procedures defence in s.7 of the UK Bribery Act - the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery - has finally been put...
Mar 06, 2018 Five Trends to Watch in Business and Human Rights By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Laws and regulations affecting business and human rights continue to evolve in an increasing number of jurisdictions and therefore affect...