France’s ‘legal privilege’ law sets up clash with competition enforcement
May 15, 2026
| Jean Comte
A new French law that grants confidentiality to certain documents drafted by in-house lawyers is out of favor with the national competition authority over an apparent conflict with EU law — and the regulator s... (more story)
Ultra deal shows firms can slash UK bribery fines despite cooperation hitches
May 07, 2026
| Martin Coyle
A £15 million settlement struck by Ultra Electronics to ward off a bribery prosecution demonstrates that companies can still get significantly reduced penalties through the UK's rarely used deferred prosecutio... (more story)
Looming plea-deal vote casts cloud over French corporate crime enforcement
April 21, 2026
| Martin Coyle
After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the cha... (more story)
Latvia eyeing proportionate money laundering regime, watchdog head says
April 15, 2026
| Martin Coyle
Eight years after Latvia's major money laundering scandal, the challenge is ensuring tough banking reforms are adhered to without stifling activity in the sector, the head of the country's central authority fo... (more story)
Trial of alleged BTC-e operator faces threat of additional delays in California
March 20, 2026
| Mike Swift
Despite a new US executive order directing the Department of Justice to move “swiftly, deliberately, and proactively” to disable cyberthreats and prosecute cybercriminals, the chronically delayed trial of alle... (more story)
Deception, ‘dummy servers’ enabled Supermicro AI diversion scheme, US alleges
March 20, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
An alleged scheme to divert billions of dollars’ worth of high-performance Supermicro servers integrated with Nvidia artificial intelligence technology to China involved repeated deceptions of corporate compli... (more story)
US Senate Democrats want more time to target Trump-era corporate corruption
March 12, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
A group of Senate Democrats is proposing to extend the statute of limitations for a key anti-bribery law to give future administrations additional time to prosecute Trump-era corporate corruption. Though unlik... (more story)
California businessman to face foreign bribery charge at US investment fraud trial
March 11, 2026
| Samuel Rubenfeld
A jury in Los Angeles could decide this summer whether a chartered helicopter ride to a Lakers basketball game for a Senegalese government official, paid for with allegedly stolen investor funds as part of a b... (more story)