Bribery & Corruption

EU Whistleblowing Legislation FAQs

June 16, 2020

Introduction Late last year the EU introduced a new law to enable whistleblowers to report about EU law irregularities – this law also harmonises the minimum level of protection available to whistleblowers across the EU. These new rules are set out in “Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 Read more »

Everything Compliance – Episode 59 – The Potpourri Edition

May 21, 2020

Jonathan Armstrong joined leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast hosted by leading compliance expert Tom Fox. In this episode Jonathan considers some of the international corruption risks around Covid-19 and the economies coming out of the health crisis. He also talks about the compliance risks in returning to Read more »

Client Alert: COVID-19 and Corruption FAQs

May 18, 2020

Introduction We first published this note on 12 May 2020 and have updated it to take into account more recent developments. The current pandemic affects all aspects of the compliance world. In previous alerts we have looked at the effects of the pandemic on data protection (see http://bit.ly/gdprvirus) and modern slavery (https://bit.ly/corderyms19). But what are Read more »

Cordery Head to Head: Richard Bistrong on the Airbus Bribery Settlement

March 9, 2020

In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong chats with Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC about the Airbus bribery settlement. Richard gives his unique perspective on the case as a former bribe payer and as someone who has co-operated with law enforcement in bribery investigations. You can see Jonathan’s summary of the case here http://bit.ly/airbusfilm and Read more »

Cordery Head to Head: Richard Bistrong

March 4, 2020

In this film, Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong chats with Richard Bistrong, the CEO of Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC. Richard is a well known figure in compliance having been voted as one of Compliance Week’s top minds in compliance and having been voted one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere. He is a Read more »

The Airbus bribery settlement in numbers

February 28, 2020

In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong discusses some of the numbers involved in Airbus’ bribery settlement with prosecutors in France, the UK & the US. There are more details of the settlement here https://www.corderycompliance.com/airbus-fined-for-bribery-in-france-uk-us/ Jonathan has also been interviewed by compliance expert Tom Fox on the case. You can listen to that interview here http://bit.ly/3cekX4E Read more »

Everything Compliance – Episode 57 – The Airbus edition

February 20, 2020

In this episode, the panel discuss the recent enforcement action where Airbus agreed to pay more than £3bn to resolve bribery charges in France, UK and US. Jonathan Armstrong considers the SFO component of the Airbus international corruption enforcement action. Jonathan asks whether the Airbus UK-DPA is the end of the story in England and suggests Read more »

Life With GDPR: Episode 36 – Extension of BA response time

February 6, 2020

In this episode of Life with GDPR, Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox are back to discuss the recent ICO announcement that it was extending the time for British Airways and Marriott to respond to its proposed fine and penalty. Some of the highlights in this episode include: What makes the background of the case so Read more »