The push and pull between the terms of the Bribery Act and the demands on British business abroad *

United Kingdom - March 19 2013
In a recent survey by accountants Ernst & Young, it is reported in HR Magazine they found that around half of British employers are failing to vet…

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The Financial Services Authority continues its thematic reviews into anticorruption compliance - now it is the turn of asset managers *

United Kingdom - January 24 2013
So far, since the Bribery Act came into force on 1st July 2011, the largest fines for activities relating to anticorruption controls have been dished…

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A review of a year in corruption - and the Transparency International 2012 public perceptions index *

United Kingdom - January 18 2013
Just before Christmas, Transparency International UK (TI-UK) published a short article reviewing the highs and lows of 2012 in terms of corruption…

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FCPA resource guide: what jurisdictional conduct triggers the anti-bribery provisions? *

USA - November 28 2012
The new FCPA guidance ("Resource Guide") states that the FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions can apply to conduct both inside and outside the United States and that issuers and domestic concerns (as well as their officers, directors, employees, agents or stockholders) may be prosecuted for using the US mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in furtherance of a corrupt payment to a foreign official.

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New FCPA guidance - civil settlements and opinion procedures - what can the UK learn from the US? *

United Kingdom, USA - November 23 2012
In the US, the SEC and the DOJ have been negotiating civil settlements with defendants for violations of the FCPA for several years, raising plenty of revenue for the US government in the process.

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