On 4 July 2019 at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice William Davis formally approved the fifth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) entered into by the UK’s
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Greenberg Traurig Tops The Lawyer’s US Top 50 Diversity List
Magazine: “the only firm in the US Top 50 to record a female partnership proportion in the UK of more than 40%”
LONDON – 9 …
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29 March 2019: Brexit Day Update
Today, 29 March 2019, was planned to be Brexit day: the UK would leave the EU at 23:00 GMT. That plan has had to be…
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Nike Fined €12.5 Million for Restricting Intra-EEA Sales
In a warning shot to businesses using intellectual property rights to restrict cross-border sales within the European Economic Area (EEA), on 25 March 2019 the …
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FCA Receives Thousands of Insider Dealing Tip-Offs From Financial Services Firms; Few Investigations Opened
Figures provided by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) show that in spite of the thousands of tip-offs on insider dealing it receives from banks…
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The Financial Conduct Authority – Part 2 – Criminal & Civil Insider Dealing
In a February 2019 speech, the FCA’s Director of Market Oversight, Julia Hoggett, said the following:
The life blood of all well-functioning markets is the…
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I Smell a Rat: SFO Looks to Informants – Dangling the Carrot of Immunity?
Lisa Osofsky, the new director of the UK Serious Fraud Office, says her agency should use insiders and co-operators to bring to life by way…
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Brexit Brinkmanship
It is now less than two months until 29 March 2019, the date set for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this late stage,…
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Top 5 Predictions for UK White Collar Defence in 2019
What does 2019 have in store for white-collar defence in the UK? In this GT Alert, we list our top 5 predictions relating to Serious…
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The Financial Conduct Authority – Part 1 – Market Manipulation
The term ‘market manipulation’ is a broad one which can mean a number of things.
In this GT Advisory, we consider how market manipulation is…
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