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Serious Fraud Office recovers dividends paid to innocent parent company for bribes paid by foreign subsidiary without parent’s knowledge

20 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Serious Fraud Office has successfully tried a new tactic in its enforcement of bribery and corruption laws. It has recovered the £130,000 in dividends paid to Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Limited...

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The new Bribery Act – can you afford not to play ball?

12 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Emma Cameron and I gave a presentation on the new Bribery Act yesterday.  A fascinating discussion ensued with some very real practical questions from the audience.  It seems clear to us that this new...

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New Bribery Act guidance is good news for business, but doubts remain over ability to do business overseas

8 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has published its long-awaited guidance on the new Bribery Act. The Act had been due to come into force on 1 April, but given unease with the Act amongst the business community, the Government...

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European Commission updates data export laws to take account of sub-contracting in outsourced processing

18 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Under the EU’s Data Protection Directive, personal data cannot be transferred out of the European Economic Area unless there is adequate protection of the data. One way of ensuring adequate protection...

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