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Attorney general takes soundings on move to US-style plea bargaining for corporate crime

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is consulting on proposals to usher in US-style plea bargaining in the UK to help prosecutors crack down on white-collar crime. The AGO has begun consulting on a form of plea bargaining called deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs), a tactic often used by prosecutors in the US to pursue fraud and corporate-wrongdoing.
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Watch and wait - White & Case on deferred prosecution agreements

White & Case's Alistair Graham says that while deferred prosecution agreements may add to the armoury of UK prosecutors, companies may need greater certainty as to their use before they will self-report
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Check, and check again - why the Bribery Act and competition law could be a lethal combination

Sullivan & Cromwell's Juan Rodriguez and Louise Delahunty warn the Bribery Act and competition law could prove a lethal combination for companies with poor compliance
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Negotiated justice? Pressure grows to bring plea bargaining into UK fraud cases

After years of debate – and despite a hostile judiciary – pressure is building to bring plea bargaining into mainstream UK fraud prosecution. But don't expect an easy ride, says Kingsley Napley's Michael Caplan QC
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Former Morrison & Foerster partner pleads guilty to fraud charges

A former Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) partner has pleaded guilty to 31 charges stemming from a $400,000 (£250,000) scam he and his wife concocted based on their autistic son's education and medical needs, reports The Am Law Daily. Jonathan Dickstein - a former co-chair of the US firm's life sciences practice - is scheduled to be sentenced on 15 November following his conviction on charges including grand theft, forgery, insurance fraud, and conspiracy, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's office confirmed on Friday (21 October).
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Court clerk becomes first person convicted under UK Bribery Act

A former magistrates' court clerk has become the first person to be prosecuted and convicted under the UK Bribery Act, after he admitted accepting a £500 bribe to "get rid" of a speeding charge. Munir Patel pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court last Friday (14 October) to bribery and misconduct in public office during his employment as an administrative clerk at London's Redbridge Magistrates' Court.
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Serious Fraud Office draws up list of big-name candidates for top role

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is targeting some of the biggest private practice names in white-collar crime to replace director Richard Alderman when he retires in April next year. The body has drawn up a shortlist of potential candidates for the role, including Dechert litigation partner Neil Gerrard - who is currently in dispute with DLA Piper over his exit from his former firm - and ex-Simmons & Simmons partner Louise Delahunty, who is now a counsel in Sullivan & Cromwell's London office.
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Court clerk becomes first to be charged under UK Bribery Act

An administrative court clerk is set to become the first person to be prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010 over allegations that he accepted a bribe to influence criminal proceedings. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided to prosecute Munir Yakub Patel under Section 2 of the Act for requesting and receiving a bribe intending to improperly perform his functions, marking the first case since new UK bribery laws came into effect this summer.
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Liquid lunches, sporting events and the Bribery Act – will City corporate life ever be the same?

It has happened. The Bribery Act 2010 is now in force. And yet corporate entertaining has not come to a cataclysmic end, there was still plenty of City schmoozing at Wimbledon and the restaurants in the Square Mile are still doing a brisk business in three-hour lunches for pin-striped ladies and gentlemen buying and selling their wares.
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Legal Week launches video debate series for in-house lawyers

Legal Week has launched the first in a series of video debates that will see senior in-house lawyers and partners discuss the key legal topics affecting clients. What the briefings say... draws on the most popular briefings from Legal Week Law, the online library of law updates targeted at in-house lawyers. The videos are free to watch for users of Legal Week Law, which has attracted more than 15,000 registrations since its launch in March 2010.
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