Perspectives from Baker McKenzie’s London Dispute Resolution practice
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt around the world, businesses continue to face significant levels of uncertainty caused by weakened financial markets and disruption to supply chains, workplace operations and business pipelines. The inevitable consequence has been (and will continue to be) an increase in the number and types of disputes, and we have already seen judicial systems and the corporates operating in them twist and turn to adapt to the new “norm”.
In this podcast series, members of our London Dispute Resolution practice – along with some guest speakers from external organisations and elsewhere in the Baker McKenzie network – share bite-sized insights into the latest legal, commercial and industry hot topics to guide you as you shape your organization’s business resilience and strategy in the medium and long term.
Corporate Criminal Liability: Has the US Got it Right?
The first episode of the series follows Baker McKenzie’s response to the UK Law Commission’s consultation on possible revisions to the law on corporate criminal liability.
That got us thinking about whether other jurisdictions have got it right.
US partners and former US Department of Justice prosecutors William Devaney and Tom Firestone discuss with UK senior associate Andrew Matheson the ins and outs of the US approach to prosecuting companies and, perhaps more importantly, how that approach could be improved upon.
