Corporate Crime & Compliance UK

Is New SFO Head A 'Different Kind Of Director'?

While sharing some of her predecessor's sentiments, Serious Fraud Office Director Lisa Osofsky has shown decisiveness and independence by closing two of the SFO's largest investigations in her first six months in office, says Ross Dixon of Hickman & Rose Solicitors.

Germany's Facebook Decision Likely Won't Be Influential

The German Federal Cartel Office's decision last month against Facebook — the first time a competition authority ruled on a privacy-related abuse of dominance — is based on specific German case law and reasoning that seems questionable from an antitrust policy perspective, say Sean-Paul Brankin and Evi Mattioli of Crowell & Moring LLP.

Simple Secrets For Writing A Killer Brief

These days, the legal profession offers meager opportunity for oral argument, so we need to focus on being better, brighter, tighter writers. And the key to writing a better brief is grabbing your judge's attention with a persuasive, well-crafted story, says Daniel Karon of Karon LLC.

5 UK Privacy And Data Protection Predictions For 2019

As regulators start to aggressively enforce the General Data Protection Regulation while also focusing on development of cookie compliance and cybersecurity, Rohan Massey and Edward Machin of Ropes & Gray LLP offer five data protection predictions to watch for this year beyond the changes that Brexit may bring.

Takeaways From EU's Latest Anti-Money Laundering Rules

The Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive recently adopted by the Council of the European Union targets the financing of terrorism and organized crime, which have remained significant problems despite the efforts of previous directives, say Ian Hargreaves and Deirdre Lyons Le Croy of Covington & Burling LLP.

The Limits Of UK Double Jeopardy Protection

Individuals are sometimes tempted, or advised, to enter into plea negotiations in one jurisdiction on the basis that a guilty plea there will act as a barrier to prosecution elsewhere. Unfortunately, the doctrine of double jeopardy is not always so clear-cut, says Andrew Smith of Corker Binning.

What 2019 Has In Store For UK Data Protection

Many of the big data protection compliance themes of 2018 will continue on this year, including even General Data Protection Regulation preparation, but the possibility of a no-deal Brexit may complicate matters, says Stewart Room of PwC LLP.

British Overseas Territories Can Benefit From Transparency

British overseas territories have pushed back against a recent U.K. measure requiring them to create publicly accessible registers of companies' beneficial owners. However, considering global trends toward transparency, perhaps the territories should embrace the new rules as a force of good, says Simon Airey of Paul Hastings LLP.

Opinion

Deferred Prosecution Agreements Are Unfair To Individuals

The recent deferred prosecution agreement between the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and Tesco Stores Limited provides a glaring example of how a DPA can result in real injustice to individuals and how the statutory DPA regime fails to provide them with any remedy, says Richard Sallybanks of BCL Solicitors LLP.

Why Is The UK's Criminal Law Disclosure Process Failing?

A decade of funding cuts to the U.K.'s police, prosecution and defense has severely strained the criminal justice system, and the failing disclosure system is just one symptom of a deeper malaise that must be remedied by adequate investment in training and staffing, says Marlon Grossman of Stokoe Partnership Solicitors.