New Director of Serious Fraud Office Lays Out Approach  - Wednesday, September 5, 2018 7:52 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: Bertling convictions another notch on the SFO bedpost. Sentencing will provide a sibling to guilty plea disposal.  - Tuesday, October 3, 2017 2:20 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: As Rolls resolution confirms DPA’s on the menu without Self Report we argue (again) for bigger discounts for companies who Self Report.  - Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:30 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Interviews in New York last week: Is the SFO here to stay? & to DPA or not to DPA, that is the question.  - Tuesday, December 6, 2016 1:36 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Lessons from recent SFO cases.  How to conduct an internal investigation  - Thursday, July 21, 2016 8:58 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: SFO’s second DPA – A moderate step in the right direction. Could do better.  - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 5:54 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				EXCLUSIVE: U turn on DPA’s. SFO Director points to concerns over lack of incentives for DPA’s while Sir Brian Leveson says DPA companies entitled to bigger discounts.  - Monday, June 27, 2016 9:06 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: DPA’s must show greater benefits. We discuss the Criteria & Process for a DPA set out in Alun Milford’s (SFO GC) recent speech  - Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:59 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				All that glitters is not gold. Sweett & Smith & Ouzman sentences throw into sharp relief benefit of DPA deals  - Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:38 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Standard Bank failure to prevent bribery. The Aston Martin Bribery Act case.  Or a hot rod?  - Sunday, December 6, 2015 11:42 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				OPINION: First DPA a watershed moment in the history of UK corporate crime enforcement & significant moment for SFO  - Sunday, November 29, 2015 3:21 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: As UK DPA Mania & rumour mill sets in. Pundits fundamentally misunderstand the SFO & UK regime  - Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:55 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				First DPA invitation letters issued by SFO. The race is on for the first DPA.  - Monday, May 25, 2015 0:01 - 1 Comment
				
												 
				SFO GC. Alun Milford.  Read my lips. This is what we want.  - Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:03 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				It all ‘depends’… Advocate or negotiate under broad new sentencing guidelines or pay the consequences.  - Sunday, March 2, 2014 10:23 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Cooperation. Cooperation. Cooperation. The name of the game if you want a DPA from next week.  - Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:31 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				BREAKING: DPA’s in the Spring & a Dicky Bird tells us Bribery Act prosecutions ‘soon’…  - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 15:50 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Miss the Rolling Stones? Hear our recorded webinar instead with Vivian Robinson QC & Julian Glass: The Bribery Act 2 years on.  What was all the fuss about.  - Monday, July 8, 2013 23:41 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				DPA law gets Royal Assent. Deferred Prosecution Agreements on track for 2014  - Saturday, April 27, 2013 3:27 - 1 Comment
				
												 
				UK Self Reporting 101 & why it still makes sense in the right case.  - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:36 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				David Green lays out the core purpose of the SFO to House of Commons Justice Committee  - Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:29 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				BREAKING:86% say they want Deferred Prosecution Agreements. And they are going to get them.  - Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:27 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				BREAKING: Deferred Prosecution Agreements could be a reality as early as next year  - Tuesday, October 23, 2012 0:11 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Order order: UK DPA’s – We disagree with Bill Waite too.  - Thursday, August 2, 2012 15:34 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				With the greatest respect. We disagree with Mike.  - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 15:17 - 3 Comments
				
												 
				June Newsletter: No SFO raids in a year, guilty verdicts, DPA’s, tough talk from new SFO Director & more…  - Monday, June 18, 2012 14:41 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				SFO Director unveils SFO shake up & intention to put ‘Serious’ & ‘Fraud’ back into the SFO  - Thursday, June 14, 2012 17:04 - 1 Comment
				
												 
				BREAKING: Deferred Prosecution Agreement Consultation to be launched today  - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 23:28 - 2 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion – enforcement principles will be key as criminalisation of corporate law continues  - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 0:56 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Summer consultation brings UK Deferred Prosecution Agreements another step closer  - Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:35 - 1 Comment
				
												 
				Deferred Prosecution Agreements: A cautionary tale from across the pond : SEC v Citigroup  - Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:42 - 1 Comment
				
												 
				Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Solicitor General confirms legislation to be tabled before Parliament  - Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:39 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Why individuals must not be left out on a limb in Deferred Prosecution Agreement proposals  - Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:38 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Lessons from America: UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement consultation – SFO credibility is key  - Thursday, November 3, 2011 15:12 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				View from accross the pond: UK Deferred Prosecution Agreements – you don’t need them when UK has a defence  - Wednesday, November 2, 2011 0:48 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				View from America: The Bribery Act & Deferred Prosecution Agreements – Transparency is the key  - Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:18 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				UK DPA consultation: Thoughts of a former federal prosecutor from accross the pond  - Monday, October 24, 2011 23:53 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Key questions posed by Solicitor General & SFO in Deferred Prosecution Agreement proposal & consultation so far  - Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:26 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				We report on UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement proposal & consultation  - Thursday, October 20, 2011 14:58 - 3 Comments
				
												 
				Newsletter: Back to school the Autumn Term  - Thursday, October 6, 2011 3:17 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Money laundering & bribery: VC’s, private equity & pension funds beware as SFO pushes ethical shareholding  - Sunday, October 2, 2011 23:36 - 0 Comments
				
												 
				Join us, the Solicitor General & the SFO Director to put your views on UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement proposals on October 17th  - Friday, September 30, 2011 0:05 - 5 Comments
				
												 
				Opinion: Certainty – why we should applaud the SFO’s desire to create certainty for corporates  - Friday, September 16, 2011 4:12 - 1 Comment
				
						 
			
			 
		 
		
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