Aiding and Abetting in UK Law
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The Rule In Gibbs: Safeguarding Creditors’ Rights Or Aiding And Abetting "Hold Out" In Foreign Insolvencies?
There is an English common law rule that a debt governed by English law cannot be discharged or compromised by a foreign insolvency proceeding. This rule is derived from a Court of Appeal case: Ant...
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Second Circuit Clarifies Limits of FCPA’s Extraterritorial Reach
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit narrowed the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA” or “the Act”) in ruling that the government cannot use aiding and abetting or conspi...... ... Act (FCPA or the Act) in ruling that the government cannot use aiding and abetting or conspiracy statutes to charge a defendant with violating ... ...
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Final Act in Loss Mitigation Insurance Episode
In the final act in the unfolding of a scheme to use “insurance” to misrepresent the financial statements of Brightpoint, on May 25, 2007, a civil jury found against Brightpoint’s former risk manag...... ... Brightpoints former risk manager, Timothy Harcharik, on claims of aiding and abetting civil securities laws violations. (Refer here and here for ... ...
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Commodity Exchange Act Liability For Smart Contract Coders
... ... : that the CFTC could prosecute smart contract code developers for aiding and abetting violations of the CEA and CFTC rules by others, such as smart ... ...
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Corporate Killing
... ... individual member of a senior management team cannot be guilty of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring (or, in Scotland, be art and part in) ... ...
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Here’s Hoping….
We’ve already written at some length about the appellate decision in Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., 22 F.4th 204 (D.C. Cir. 2022), which we considered a wrong-headed application of the Anti-Terror...... ... pharmaceutical defendants were liable sponsoring terrorism and for aiding and abetting simply because they transacted with the health department of ... ...
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The Right To Die? Pressure Increases To Clarify Laws Surrounding Assisted Suicide
... ... considering prosecution of her husband for aiding and abetting her ... suicide abroad, contrary to the Suicide Act. In the ... ...
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Ecocide ' A New Criminal Offence To Be Created In England And Wales?
... ... people responsible for aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring ... its commission ... Investigation ... ...
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Winners And Losers In The End Of Parliament Wash-Up
... ... involves knowingly assisting another person (such as a client) by aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring them to commit a UK tax evasion ... ...
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Tax Evasion, Its Facilitators, And The New Corporate Duty To Stop Them
... ... knowingly concerned in, or taking steps with a view to' or (b) 'aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring' an offence of tax evasion, or (c) ... ...
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