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Senior Managers in the Spotlight- The Crime and Policing Act 2026 and Corporate Criminal Exposure

On 29 April 2026, the Crime and Policing Act 2026 (the Act) received royal assent, ushering in far-reaching reform of UK corporate criminal liability. Section 250 of the Act comes...

Employer Liability in Outsourcing Arrangements: Allahabad High Court Defines the Limits of Criminal Prosecution

Introduction Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) in Azim Premji v. State of U.P. Application U/S 3261 of 2017, decided on 29.05.2024, the criminal complaint proceedings along with...

Criminal – Company executives convicted for not remitting trust-fund taxes

Where two company executives willfully failed to remit money withheld from employee wages to the Treasury department, despite acknowledging an obligation to do so, their conviction...

Directors Can Face Criminal Trial for Personal Role in Company Fraud: Madras High Court

Madras HC holds that directors accused of personally participating in company fraud and diversion of funds must face criminal trial.

Strict Liability Under the CWA: What It Means for Industrial Stormwater Dischargers

Teacher Accused of Criminal Sexual Abuse: When Can a School District Be Liable?

Ashley Fisler Criminal Sexual Abuse Allegations: Can a School District Be Held Liable for an Employee’s Acts? Criminal sexual abuse allegations involving a teacher are especially d...

The Crime and Policing Act 2026: Key concepts for businesses to understand

From 29 June 2026, organisations can be held liable in the UK where a senior manager commits an offence while acting within the actual or apparent scope of their authority. This re...

You are mistaken if you think minors tagged in crimes are not liable under the law

Minors who commit crimes may still be liable or may even face cases through the juvenile justice law

How Criminal Defense Attorneys Prove Negligence in Complex Cases

Kirkland is a dynamic community on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, known for its ... Read more

Can Family Members Be Held Responsible for Elder Neglect?

Conversations about elder neglect tend to focus on nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and paid ... Read more

Criminal Responsibility of Minors and Discernment

On June 22, 2026, two Grade 9 students — a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old — walked into classrooms at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City and opened fire on their cla...

The Criminal Charges Against Judge Ryan Nelson: How Should the Judiciary Respond?

A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.

When Accusations Involve Children: How Michigan Defense Attorneys Approach the Most Serious Charges

Charges involving alleged crimes against children are among the most serious and most emotionally charged ... Read more

Mumbai City Civil and Session Court: GST Criminal Liability Can Extend Beyond Company Directors

The Court of Session at Greater Bombay has not accepted the anticipatory bail appeal of an accountant in a bogus GST ITC case under section 132 of the CGST Act, 2017. The Court sai...

Criminal – Spouses convicted of construction fraud

Where a husband and wife, through their roofing company, took significant deposits for roofing work they knew they could not perform, their convictions for obtaining money by false...

Haftungsrisiko: Übereilt entschieden – und schon droht Managern das Gefängnis

Wer als Manager gegen das Außenwirtschafts- oder Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz verstößt, sitzt schnell in Haft. Kriminell sind dabei nur wenige. Viele sind schlichtweg leichtfertig.

Italy’s Former Railways Chief Starts 5-Year Jail Term for 2009 Disaster

The 72-year-old former head of Italy’s state railway company has begun a five-year jail term over a 2009 derailment that killed 32 people, in a case highlighting the issue of manag...

AI and Liability

Earlier this month, a German court ruled that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like “users can check for themselves,” and that they generally know “...

LETTER: Crime and punishment

Holding criminals accountable.

The Impermeable Reach of Section 6672: Joint and Several Trust Fund Liability and the Demise of the Delegation Defense

United States v. Estate of Richard T. Cole, Jr., et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, (Case No. 22-cv-12916, May 15, 2026) For tax prof...

Chapter 51 Commitments Commitment-Harmless Error

Mark was detained for involuntary commitment after being found incompetent in a related criminal case. The post Chapter 51 Commitments Commitment-Harmless Error first appeared on W...

Criminal – 21-year-old MS-13 gang member receives five mandatory life sentences

Where the evidence supported an MS-13 gang member’s multiple convictions, including for his role in multiple murders, and his five mandatory life sentences did not violate the Eigh...

New rules mean it’s time to revisit risk assessments

The UK’s corporate liability regime no longer relies on the ‘identification doctrine’ to prosecute offences, says Tom Stocker

Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child

Where the defendant attempted to persuade or induce a person he believed to be 14 years old to take part in sexually explicit conduct, for the purpose of producing a […] The post C...