Australia moves a step closer to new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent bribery of foreign public officials by “associates.” Do you know who your associates are and what they are doing? The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee has published its report recommending that the Crimes Legislation Amendment…
SEC 2020: Expect SEC Enforcement to Cast Wide Net on Corporate Disclosure This is the second installment in…
The science of compliance: SFO releases guidance on how it will assess corporate compliance programmes The SFO’s Operational…
Compliance in South Africa’s logistics businesses now more important than ever before Johannesburg, 30 March 2020 – With South Africa’s domestic economy officially in recession, the inclination for many in business to take greater risks for the sake of short-term profitability has notched up considerably, with regulatory compliance often being…
On March 3, 2020, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether the SEC has the authority…
Engaging in remote investigation activities are routine for some companies, perhaps due to the size of their investigations…
Welcome to the first of our series of year-end analyses of the year in securities regulation and enforcement. First, we will consider the past year “by the numbers,” the statistics that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or more specifically, its component Divisions and Offices, release annually. Later parts of…
Doing Business in South Africa outlines some of the principal matters that will affect an overseas entity that proposes…
Will the lure of the past jeopardize the future of Industrials? Industrials are braced for yet another revolution.…
On 10 February 2020 HMRC disclosed that it has 30 potential cases underway under the UK’s corporate criminal offence of “failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion” (“CCO”), split between nine ongoing investigations and 21 potential investigations (see here). Whilst there have been no confirmed CCO cases to date,…