Raymond Sweigart Quoted on UK Bribery Act Guidance

Many attorneys cautioned against reading into the revisions, as the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said that it would take a tougher stance on prosecuting companies even if they self-report illegal activity in policy guidance.

Experts say, until the department releases its own guidance, speculation in anti-bribery enforcement circles is sure to continue. According to Sweigart, commentators should hesitate to sound alarms over minor policy clarifications like the SFO’s.

“When you want to grab peoples’ attention, the tendency for all of us is to say the sky is falling,” Sweigart said.