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The es.law blog addresses important topics and developments in the areas of Commercial Criminal Law, Compliance and Whistleblowing and is primarily aimed at companies, managers, compliance employees and consultants. The blog posts are practically orientated and contain tips for direct implementation.
Rechtsanwalt und Strafverteidiger Dr. Elias Schönborn informiert im Blog über Entwicklungen zu den Themen Strafrecht, Compliance und Whistleblowing.
All Commercial Criminal Law Whistleblowing
Accepting and giving advantages to interference (Sec 306, Sec 307b StGB)
  • Commercial Criminal Law
At a time when corruption in politics and business is increasingly making headlines, the criminal offenses of accepting advantages in order to interference and giving advantages in order to interference are increasingly coming into sharper focus. How do the two…
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  • Commercial Criminal Law
The offenses of accepting benefitadvantages (Sec 305 StGB) and granting benefitadvantages (Sec 307a StGB) are important components of Austrian criminal…
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  • Commercial Criminal Law
The criminal offense of misuse of official authority under SectionSec 302 Austrian Criminal Code (StGB) – also known as abuse…
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  • Commercial Criminal Law
Allegations of corruption offenses such as active or passive bribery or corruption can lead to a significant loss of public…
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Misappropriation
  • Commercial Criminal Law
The criminal offence of misappropriation under Sec 133 of the Austrian Criminal Code (StGB) is a key offence in white-collar…
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Embezzlement
  • Commercial Criminal Law
Now more than ever, companies are challenged to detect white-collar crime at an early stage and, ideally, prevent it from…
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  • Whistleblowing
Companies and (state) organizations are obliged to follow certain guidelines when a whistleblower submits a tip to the internal reporting…
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  • Whistleblowing
The Whistleblower Protection Act (“HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz”, HSchG) is based on the Whistleblower Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and aims to protect whistleblowers who…
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  • Whistleblowing
The Whistleblower Protection Act (HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz, “HSchG”) contains numerous problematic points under criminal law. Both potential whistleblowers and companies should be…
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  • Commercial Criminal Law
Companies, their managers and employees are increasingly confronted with criminal charges. Typical offences in business life often involve allegations of…
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