SFO PUBLISHES NEW ‘COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE’ ON DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS (DPA)

On 23 October, a post on the (always worth looking at) FCPA Blog advised that the SFO had published a chapter from its internal Operational Handbook that offers “comprehensive guidance” on how it approaches DPA, and how it “engages with companies where a DPA is a prospective outcome”. 

https://fcpablog.com/2020/10/23/sfo-publishes-new-comprehensive-guidance-on-deferred-prosecution-agreements/

The guidance is at –

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/guidance-policy-and-protocols/sfo-operational-handbook/deferred-prosecution-agreements/

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Author: raytodd2017

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