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Putting a name on it - business disclosure requirements
An e-trader, or merely a business which uses its website as a shop window, may be conducting an otherwise honest, lawful and legitimate business but unless they comply with domestic and European regulations properly identifying the name and address of the trader or trading enterprise, they could find themselves at the wrong end of a criminal prosecution.
Trading Up: More Consumer Protection Needed?
An article on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
The Draft Bribery Bill- A New Burden on Business?
When the Government’s new draft Bribery Bill reaches the statute book, the obligation on companies to avoid bribery and corruption in business will become an essential element of good corporate governance. Critically, if corruption occurs, a company and its directors and officers will have the burden of showing they exercised due diligence to prevent it. If they cannot, their prosecution and imprisonment will be a real danger. In house counsel may think it important to have an audit trail of the steps taken to ensure due diligence.