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08 May 2013
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPAs") are now to become a reality in the UK following Royal Assent being given to the Crime & Courts Act ("the ACT") on Thursday 25th April 2013.
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09 Jan 2013
Bribery and corruption are two major problems in any industry, and Big Pharma
is not exempt. As regulators look to tackle this problem, coming down hard
on perpetuators, pharma companies need to ensure that their compliance
programmes are in place...
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08 Jan 2013
Comment piece on Deferred Prosecution Agreements which was published in the January 2013 issue of Accountancy Magazine.
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30 Oct 2012
New rules announced this week by the Ministry of Justice could be undermined by a failure to pass equivalent legislation in Scotland, according to economic crime experts at international law firm Pinsent Masons.
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19 Sep 2012
International law firm Pinsent Masons has added two senior lawyers to its growing corporate crime team, including a significant hire from the Serious Fraud Office.
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07 Aug 2012
The Government’s proposals for US-style Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) do not go far enough to protect companies against the risk of double enforcement, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.
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11 Jun 2012
A whistleblowing 'hotline' launched by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in November is receiving more than 100 calls a month, according to research by international law firm Pinsent Masons.
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28 May 2012
Concern that public criticism has deterred the SFO.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has not undertaken a single raid in the past year, according to statistics obtained by international law firm Pinsent Masons.
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13 Mar 2012
The recent order obtained by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to dividends received by Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Limited (MEH) under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has attracted significant publicity.
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30 Jan 2012
On Friday 13th January the SFO announced that it had obtained a Civil Recovery Order in relation to dividends paid to a company shareholder resulting from corrupt contracts entered into by the investee company.
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