Conference coverage

Featured in Investigator's Guide to France

Lawyers at the first-ever GIR Live in Paris have said the French agency tasked with overseeing company’s compliance programmes is requesting documents typically covered by secrecy rules.

03 July 2019

Lawyers at the first-ever GIR Live in Paris welcomed new guidance from French authorities that outline the steps companies should take to obtain CJIPs as they discussed the future of the PNF following news that its head has stepped down.

01 July 2019

Photos from the first-ever GIR Live Paris on 27 June, co-chaired by Stéphane Bonifassi of Bonifassi Avocats and Jonathan Mattout of Herbert Smith Freehills.

28 June 2019

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Germany

A potential new law in Germany addresses the country’s “dramatically” inconsistent penalty system, a prosecutor who helped to draft the bill has said.

28 June 2019

The prosecutor general of the Czech Republic has said that the complexity of the Czech legal system and its differences to common law jurisdictions inhibit its ability to cooperate as efficiently with countries such as the US and UK.

27 June 2019

“We can’t go on worshipping at the feet of Queen Victoria and keep the identification principle,” Lord Garnier QC told an audience in London.

21 June 2019

Companies that do not have robust policies on employees’ mobile phones will have a tough time convincing authorities they have proper systems and controls in place, an audience at GIR Live in London heard.

20 June 2019

Individuals should seek legal counsel before attending #MeToo internal investigation interviews because of the potential consequences that may flow from the alleged misconduct, a panel at GIR Live London said.

14 June 2019

Pictures from GIR’s 2nd annual Women in Investigations conference held in London on 12 June in association with the Women in White Collar Defense Association.

13 June 2019

China’s anti-corruption drive has not slowed down and the country’s authorities are increasingly conducting joint dawn raids, an audience at GIR Live heard.

12 June 2019