englischThe dissertation examines the compatibility of the settlement procedure practiced by BaFin with the applicable law on administrative offenses and looks comparatively at the advantages of the Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) established in the U.S. and the U.K. to show an alternative to [...]

englischThe Whistleblower Protection Act came into force on July 2, 2023 posing challenges both for legal scholars and practitioners – also and especially with regard to data protection. This work aims to resolve the legal issues that arise at the interface between the two areas of law by developing [...]

Vor mittlerweile zehn Jahren begann in Deutschland die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit einem Phänomen, das als »Criminal Compliance« die Diskussion im Strafrecht – auch international – nachhaltig beeinflusst und verändert hat. Mit dem vorliegenden Buch erscheint in der Reihe mit Schriften [...]

englischThis work offers a comprehensive and legally sound overall concept for internal investigations under German law. Due to its plain and comprehensible language, the enormous quantity of material it evaluates and the depth of the legal examination it conducts, the book will be of great value to [...]

englischCorporate behaviour after indications of non-compliance is increasingly coming into the focus of practitioners and policy makers. This book therefore deals with the much-neglected question of how a proactive cooperation with criminal prosecution authorities affects the sanctioning of [...]

englischThe major advantages of conducting internal investigations only come to light when the results can be disclosed to third parties. At the interface of data protection and criminal procedure law, the work explores how the group-internal transfer of the outcome and the cooperative disclosure to [...]

englischEssentially, the work deals with the question of the criminal procedure prohibition on using the findings from internal, and thus private, investigations. It provides answers to many open questions: the question of whether there is a duty under employment law to make statements in the [...]

englischThis book focuses on the jurisdiction of the UK Bribery Act and it‘s impact on criminal compliance in Germany as well as on German companies. Besides a portrayal of the offences under the act, it’s extraterritorial jurisdiction over oversea companies is analysed critically.

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englischIn a practice-orientated way, this book highlights the special importance of values in increasing compliance in companies and contributes to the current controversies surrounding the departmentalisation and the best possible assignment of overseeing compliance in a company. Based on an [...]

englischThis thesis discusses the data protection requirements that apply to corporate compliance departments of international corporate groups based in Germany and provides practical solutions with regard to data protection requirements. Besides reviewing individual compliance measures with respect [...]