Corporate Crime UK
UK Corporate Crime & Compliance provides breaking news and analysis on enforcement and white collar crime in Europe. Coverage includes internal investigations, whistleblower rights, executive responsibility, tax evasion, criminal market abuse and insider dealing actions, anti-money laundering, bribery, corruption and sanctions enforcement.
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January 18, 2019
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The last week has seen former Rabobank trader Anthony Conti sue his old employer, ArcelorMittal take Essar’s investment manager to court months after acquiring its steel business, and the managing director of AlixPartners sue a prominent Irish businessman and a British property tycoon. Here, Law360 looks at those and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 18, 2019
Leaker Cleared As UK Appeals Court Clarifies Data Law
A U.K. appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a London man who leaked a confidential report investigating sexual harassment at his company, ruling that while the country's data protection laws require defendants to submit evidence suggesting they believe the disclosure was somehow warranted, they don't have to prove it.
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January 18, 2019
Privacy Hawk Hits Tech Firms With Fresh GDPR Complaints
Austrian privacy lawyer Max Schrems on Friday hit eight companies — including Apple, Amazon and Netflix — with complaints claiming they have breached the EU's General Data Protection Regulation by failing to give users adequate access to data.
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January 18, 2019
Shipper Gets Reprieve For Not Showing Up In $86M Loan Suit
A shipping and commodities trading conglomerate was spared by a U.K. judge on Friday from any penalties for taking too long to respond to IDBI Bank Ltd.’s suit over an outstanding loan that has been at the center of a criminal investigation in India.
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January 18, 2019
Property Developer Pauses Swap Misselling Suit Against RBS
Legal proceedings brought by a health care property developer against Royal Bank of Scotland PLC over allegedly missold swaps have been stayed to allow the parties to continue talks outside of court.
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