Two acts dealing with the position of examining judges in criminal proceedings and revising rules concerning case files came into force on 1 January 2013.

Implementing the new EU whistleblowing directive in organisations across all EU member states poses a huge challenge. The deadline for implementing the directive has now passed, with a number of states yet to comply.

A summary of the most recent regulatory and criminal enforcements.

This note is designed to provide our corporate clients with a brief overview of some of the key features of the laws against bribery in the home states of the contributing firms: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (together, the "Six States"; individually, a "State") and some practical guidance on the use of a single set of procedures which might be designed to prevent bribery so as to avoid or mitigate liability in each of them.

When advising on competition and procurement law, it is often necessary to consider the differences between the two areas of law and more particularly, the different consequences of their breach.