As part of an anti-corruption campaign targeting the healthcare sector, the Chinese authorities’ latest measures seek to prohibit the improper collection of prescription and usage data by healthcare professionals (HCPs) and employees of healthcare companies. The regulations cover prescription and usage data in relation to pharmaceutical products, medical devices and medical consumables. Our Asia-Pacific regulatory … Continue Reading
From 3 May 2015, businesses in the UK will face new risks as a reform in the law will mean that those enabling the criminal activities of an organised crime group, including professionals, can be prosecuted more easily. It is important that all businesses are alive to the risk of not asking questions, or of … Continue Reading
For the first time, the UK has proposed a specific and detailed sentencing regime for corporations involved in bribery, fraud and other economic crimes. Of course, individual executives who commit crimes of dishonesty can generally expect prison time. Corporates can’t be locked up, but they can be fined and/or have other penalties applied. Up to … Continue Reading
This post was written by Gunjan Talati. On April 1, 2013, the Federal Times covered the story of how an Army Corps of Engineers contracting officer committed fraud to the tune of $30 million. The fraud was simple: contractors submitted fake invoices and the Army Corps—through the contracting officer—paid those invoices. In turn, the contractors … Continue Reading
As part of the Obama administration’s ongoing effort to combat health care fraud, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new public-private partnership designed to share information and best practices in order to improve detection and prevent payment of fraudulent health care billings. Launched July 25, 2012, … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Fionnuala Lynch. Earlier this month, Richard Alderman, Director of the SFO, was speaking at an international symposium on economic crime in Cambridge and made an interesting point which has been picked up by many UK newspapers. He referred to the fact that 20 years ago, it was possible for … Continue Reading
The first person to be charged under the new Bribery Act will be a magistrates court clerk who allegedly accepted £500 for fixing a motoring offence. The Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) has decided to prosecute Munir Yakub Patel who faces a charge under Section 2 of the Bribery Act for allegedly requesting and receiving a … Continue Reading
This post was written by Simon D. Hart. After months of speculation, and rumoured turf wars within the UK government, it has today been confirmed that the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) will not be broken up and will remain independent of the new National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The SFO will retain both its investigative … Continue Reading
The waiting is over! At last the UK Ministry of Justice has published guidance about procedures which commercial organisations can put into place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing. The Act will now come into force on 1 July 2011. The guidance offers non-prescriptive procedures and commentary on the scope of the Act. … Continue Reading
