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On April 17, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive aimed at increasing security within EU member states and across the EU ...

Writing for Law 360, he looks at how the U.K.'s participation in the EU's Justice and Home Affairs measures is subject to a specially negotiated "opt-in" mechanism.

Niall Hearty of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli assesses the reasons behind the idea and the implications.

The US has fined a Hong Kong company $5 million after several employees conducted business that breached sanctions on Iran.

In today's era of global digitalisation, online scams have reached alarming levels of sophistication, with serious economic, psychological, and emotional...

FIFA's Independent Ethics Committee bans Chuck Blazer, CONCACAF general secretary and former FIFA executive committee member, from football-related activities for life.

BCL partners Michael Drury and Julian Hayes write for The Times on the new bilateral agreement between the UK and USA to obtain data from ESPs more quickly.

The European Commission has fined Arkema (formerly Atofina), ICI, Lucite and Quinn Barlo (formerly Barlo) a total of €344.5 million for their involvement in a cartel which fixed the price of acrylic glass (otherwise known as Plexiglas, Perspex, Acrylite, Acrylplast and Lucite) in the EU between 1997 and 2002.

ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9 million by the Competition and Markets Authority for clauses in its contracts that breached competition law.

The UK National Crime Agency and other law enforcement agencies are considering whether to take action in respect of allegations of modern slavery and unsuitable working conditions...

We are pleased to be teaming up with Mondaq on the 18th May 2023 to host a live webinar discussing the recent developments in corporate investigations and regulatory compliance.

Under section 1 of the Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came into force in April 2008, an organisation is guilty of corporate manslaughter if the way in which it manages or organises its activities causes a person's death and amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased.

Glencore AG is a company based in Switzerland, one of the world's largest commodity traders. Yesterday it reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the key points of which are...

The Court of Appeal decision in It's a Wrap (UK) Limited v Gula has resolved a difficult issue with regard to the right of a company to recover unlawful distributions. This occurs perhaps most frequently when the company has become insolvent but maybe relevant in other cases e.g. the Queens Moat House cases against the directors.

On February 5, 2021 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office, finding in favor of the Appellant, KBR, Inc (KBR).

Businesses are expected to mitigate against the risk of being involved in all types of financial crime: bribery, tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing.

The rising level of investment scams poses a major threat to the financial security of many individuals.