Our Paris office has published a Corporate Crime update covering the following items:
- Circular of 23 January 2014 clarifying new provisions of the law of 6 December 2013 which reverse the burden of proof with respect to the source of goods or income in relation to money laundering.
- Circular of 31 January 2014 specifying new provisions applicable to relations between the Minister of Justice and public prosecutors
- Corruption: the requirements for associations to be authorised to exercise the rights of civil parties in criminal proceedings
- Decree of 17 March 2014 specifying the means for implementing measures for the protection and rehabilitation of repentant criminals
- Decisions of the French Conseil Constitutionnel which will effectively enable appeals against search and seizure warrants in investigations for undeclared work and against orders authorising the destruction of seized moveable property
- European Union: adoption of a directive requiring certain businesses to disclose non-financial information
- Corporate criminal liability: a reminder from the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) of the need for the offence to be attributed to a specific decision-making body or representative
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