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Supermicro co-founder’s US trial delayed after company receives subpoena June 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A US trial of Supermicro co-founder Yi-Shyan Liaw was delayed to March 2027 after his lawyer disclosed in New York federal court on Wednesday that the company has received a grand jury subpoena. The company’s ... (more story)

Evidence that jury-less trials save time needs to be more solid, UK lawmakers say June 10, 2026 | Martin Coyle

UK plans for judge-only trials of complex economic crime and fraud cases need careful scrutiny, lawmakers said on Wednesday, criticizing the government for not giving “concrete” evidence of the forecast time s... (more story)

Woodford's W4.0 venture 'surprised' by UK regulator's threat of court action June 09, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Former UK fund manager Neil Woodford’s investment "news and views" service, W4.0, has pushed back at the financial regulator over its plan to take legal action against it for potentially offering investment ad... (more story)

FTX founder Bankman-Fried applies for Trump pardon June 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of customer deposits and investor funds provided to his cryptocurrency exchange, has asked President Donal... (more story)

UK regulator takes further action against ex-star fund manager Woodford June 08, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Former star fund manager Neil Woodford faces further action by the UK’s financial regulator over a subscription-based investment platform set up following the collapse of his eponymous fund. Woodford was banne... (more story)

US SEC should cancel 2023 cyber disclosure rules, banking group says June 05, 2026 | Neil Roland

A major banking group urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate its 2023 cybersecurity disclosure rules in light of frontier artificial intelligence models that expose companies to unprecede... (more story)

Western Asset Management settles US SEC probe over ex-CIO’s cherry-picking scheme June 05, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Western Asset Management, a unit of Franklin Resources, agreed to pay $100 million to resolve a US Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the firm’s failure to detect and prevent an alleged $600 million... (more story)

Former Honduran official gets probation in US for bribes in police uniform case June 05, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

A former Honduran official was sentenced in the US on Friday to five years of probation over his role in a bribery scheme involving contracts to supply uniforms to the Honduran National Police, according to co... (more story)

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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)