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First British whistleblower jailed over bribes to Greek officials

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 10 2010

Robert Dougall, a former vice-president of Leeds-based healthcare products company DePuy International, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, became the first British whistleblower to be prosecuted by the SFO and imprisoned for involvement with corruption

FSA enforcement - powers and tools

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 10 2010

The FSA's new policy on assessment of enforcement penalties for corrupt and fraudulent acts is now in force and applies to conduct occurring after 6 March 2010

Bribery Act 2010

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 10 2010

The UK Bribery Bill received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010

The Bribery Bill

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 20 2009

Mounting pressure over the last eleven years for reform of the law relating to bribery and corruption in the UK has resulted in the announcement this week in the Queen’s Speech in Parliament that the government intends a new Bribery Bill to be enacted within the next Parliamentary session

Innospec Limited: first ‘global settlement’ between a cooperating company and the UK and US authorities

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom, USA
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March 26 2010

Innospec Limited, a subsidiary of Innospec Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company based in the US, and a manufacturer of a lead-based anti-knock fuel additive called Tetraethyl lead (‘TEL’), pleaded guilty in the UK in Southwark Crown Court on 18 March 2010 to charges brought under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 of conspiring to give or agree to give corrupt payments (contrary to section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906) to Government Officials in Indonesia as inducements to secure, or as rewards for having secured, contracts with the Indonesian Government for the supply of TEL

Statement on money laundering controls in overseas jurisdictions

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 31 2009

HM Treasury has issued a notice advising about risks posed by unsatisfactory money laundering controls in a number of jurisdictions

SFO obtains civil recovery order against AMEC plc

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 31 2009

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has obtained a Civil Recovery Order of approximately £5 million against AMEC Plc, an international engineering and project management firm

Compliance and the in-house lawyer: the pressure is on

Norton Rose LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 23 2010