UK Bribery Act First Contested Failure-to-Prevent Case

In a commentary for FCPA Blog, Annabel Reoch, a Partner and UK Head of Anti-bribery and Corruption investigation and compliance at KPMG, examines the lessons learned from a recent "failure to prevent" case, in which a small British firm was found guilty in court of failing to have adequate procedures in place to detect and prevent corrupt activity by its employees.