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Lessons from the New York ATM heist

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The announcement yesterday of charges in New York against eight members of a cybercrime ring that stole $40 million from ATMs in 24 countries, all

UK legislation permitting deferred prosecution agreements is approved

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 29 2013

On 25 April the Crime and Courts Bill received Royal Assent and became the Crime and Courts Act 2013 ("the Act").1 Section 45 and Schedule 17

More than simply numbers on a page: the EC’s proposal to require the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information in annual reports

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • April 24 2013

Risk management is a subject on everyone's minds, particularly ours, as our event, Competition Law Risk and Managing Employees in the US, EU, and

2012 FCPA year in review

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2013

2012 was another active year in anti-corruption enforcement, with US authorities still leading the pack. While the number of US enforcement actions

OFAC amends ITSR to implement ITRA and executive order 13622

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

On December 26, 2012, the US Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions

UK and Japanese banks settle US sanctions and money laundering violations

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Japan, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 21 2012

On December 10, 2012, UK Banks HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) entered into agreements with US enforcement authorities to settle civil and criminal

Guidance on the guidance: highlights from the resource guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 21 2012

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a long-awaited Resource Guide (the Guide) on their interpretation of and enforcement strategy for the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) on November 14, almost a year after Lanny Breuer, head of DOJ’s Criminal Division, announced its prospective issuance

Hinting further action, Treasury issues new targeted sanctions regulations for Yemen

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA, Yemen
  • -
  • November 14 2012

On November 9, 2012, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published in the Federal Register the new Yemen Sanctions Regulations (YSR), 31 C.F.R. Part 552

International law advisory emphasis on the “serious” from the Serious Fraud Office: UK SFO revokes prior guidance on foreign bribery enforcement

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • October 15 2012

On October 9, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office issued a press release reviewing its approach to the enforcement of UK Bribery Act 2010

FCPA liability in M&A: lessons from Pfizer settlements

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 11 2012

On Aug. 7, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an enforcement action against Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation (Pfizer HCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced related enforcement actions against Pfizer and Wyeth LLC, another wholly owned Pfizer subsidiary