Work Area: Legal privilege and professional secrecy

04 December 2023

The case is believed to be the first enforcement action by the UK’s legal sector regulator where the underlying compliance breaches concerned a failure to mitigate sanctions risks.

28 November 2023

Lawyers say that OFSI’s guidance on whether companies are considered controlled by sanctioned Russian officials is reassuring, but uncertainty remains around the sufficient level of due diligence required in individual cases.

24 November 2023

20 November 2023

The trial of two Cognizant executives accused of bribing officials in India has also been assigned to a new judge.

08 November 2023

A Dubai shipping company is seeking over $20 million in damages, claiming that the law firm scuppered the purchase of an oil tanker and committed a criminal offence in the UK in the process.

16 October 2023

The former federal prosecutor who led VEON through its 3-year FCPA monitorship has joined Miller & Chevalier as a member.

10 October 2023

09 October 2023

At a GIR conference in New York City, lawyers discussed how companies and defence counsel can deal with privilege and constitutional disputes that arose from a foreign bribery case against two Cognizant executives.

26 September 2023

GIR unveils the shortlist for the Most Important Development of the Year award.

14 September 2023