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In this episode, Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham are joined by Jacqui Wootton, disputes partner and co-head of HSF's Australian corporate crime and investigations practice.

Unfortunately there are already whispers that unscrupulous employers are seeking to exploit the scheme.

Three bills currently before the Australian Parliament this Spring sitting involve a major reform of regulation for corporate crime in Australia.

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has published a very significant paper on the future of prosecuting corporations and their officers in the post-Financial Services Royal ...

Part four of the series takes a closer look at the implications of Brexit on anti-corruption measures and challenges.

The Australian Government has released a Small Business Guide to help put in place some basic online security measures.

The Australian Law Reform Commission ("ALRC") has proposed welcomed reforms to simplify Australia's corporate criminal responsibility regime.

The World Bank's Integrity Vice Presidency is an independent unit within the Bank to investigate bank project misconduct.

Following the international trend towards criminalizing cartel offenses, the Australian Senate passed a bill on June 16 that amends the key antitrust law in Australia, the Trade Practices Act 1974, by introducing parallel civil and criminal sanctions on cartel conduct.

UK Bribery Act 2010 to impact on Australian companies with UK links.

ASIC will diligently pursue regulatory action against both companies and individuals involved in corporate misconduct.

Officers or directors of a company may be charged with a criminal offence that the company is alleged to have committed.

The changes aim to reduce complexity and regulatory burden for reporting entities.

As the UK Bribery Act will come into force in April 2011, corporate entities (including partnerships) which carry on part of their business in the UK need to ensure that by that date they have in place adequate procedures which may provide a defence to the strict liability offence of failure to prevent bribery.

Anti-phoenixing legislation was reintroduced into Federal Parliament, after lapsing earlier in 2019 due to the election.

Despite many recent data breaches, corporate Australia remains susceptible to sophisticated cyber security attacks.

This is the first charge against a corporation under the criminal cartel provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.