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  • Newsflash Sapin II: « Last call » pour les dispositifs d’alerte professionnelle pour 2018

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    Submitted: 28 November 2017

    Tout organisme privé d‘au moins cinquante salariés et certains organismes publics doivent mettre en place un dispositif d’alerte professionnelle d’ici le 1er janvier 2018 conformément à la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 (loi « Sapin II ») et au Décret n°2017-564 du 19 avril 2017. Très simple dans son principe, ce dispositif doit cependant répondre à de nombreuses exigences.

  • Newsflash Sapin II: Last call for the implementation of professional whistleblowing systems in 2018

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    Submitted: 28 November 2017

    All private organizations with at least fifty employees and some public organizations must set up a professional whistleblowing system by 01 January 2018 in accordance with Law no2016-1691 dated 09 December 2016 (Sapin II Law) and Decree No. 2017-564 dated 19 April 2017. The necessary system is very simple in its principles, but there are numerous requirements.

  • French Senate rejects anti-corruption bill for being too restrictive for companies

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    Submitted: 03 December 2015

    ​The French Senate has rejected a bill requiring international companies to implement compliance programmes for being too far reaching and too vague.

  • El contrato de agencia Restricted access

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    Submitted: 28 June 2013

    Juicio de equidad para la determinación de la indemnización. Análisis de la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 31 de mayo de 2013.

  • Delegation and Directors’ Liability in Italy - lessons from ThyssenKrupp Restricted access

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    Last Reviewed: 11 October 2012 / Submitted: 18 April 2012

    A look at the recent ThyssenKrupp case on director’s liability and delegation of powers.

  • Corporate manslaughter - conviction and sentencing Restricted access

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    Last Reviewed: 25 July 2011 / Submitted: 25 July 2011

    Analysis of the first conviction and sentencing of a company under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

  • A dead end: corporate manslaughter prosecution in the balance Restricted access

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    Submitted: 17 January 2011

    A report on how the first prosecution for corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 may be grinding to a halt.

  • Sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter Restricted access

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    Last Reviewed: 09 February 2010 / Submitted: 09 February 2010

    Guidelines for corporate manslaughter take financial impact on innocent employees into account but introduce steep minimum fines.

  • Corporate manslaughter: "controlling mind" obstacle removed Restricted access

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    Last Reviewed: 08 September 2008 / Submitted: 21 April 2008

    This article looks at the new criminal offences of corporate manslaughter in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and a new offence of corporate homicide in Scotland created by The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came into force on 06 April 2008 after a long and troubled gestation.

  • Health and safety risk assessment Restricted access

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    Last Reviewed: 23 July 2008 / Submitted: 22 May 2006

    The main duties under health and safety law and the need for risk assessment, a five stage process for carrying out a risk assessment, and practical points in relation to risk assessment.

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