Culture and conduct: a new years resolution
Jonathan Davidson, Executive Director of Supervision, Retail and Authorisations at the FCA, has written to CEOs of insurers concerning non-financial misconduct in wholesale general insurance firms....
View Article12 employment cases to look out for in 2020
As the new year begins we highlight some key cases for HR practitioners and in-house employment counsel which are proceeding in 2020 or are awaiting approval to proceed but are likely to prove...
View ArticleEducation briefing - Challenging times for the new Ofsted inspection regime
The new regime One of the most significant changes to the academies and further education sectors in 2019 was the introduction of the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) which Ofsted implemented in...
View ArticleGerman Industry Strategy 2030
On November 29, 2019 the German government published its “Industry Strategy 2030” paper. While the strategy paper expresses only the intentions of the Ministry of Economics, it has potential...
View Article2020 - The year to get licensed - A new start for PE firms and family offices
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) issued two circulars on 7 January 2020 providing guidance on its approach to licensing private equity (“PE”) firms and family offices to...
View ArticleQuarterly financial crime horizon scanner: Q4 - December 2019
Please click here to download our quarterly financial crime horizon scanning booklet. The booklet summarises key financial crime related legal and regulatory changes expected over the next...
View ArticleCryptocurrency AML Regulation: 10 January 2020 Regime
As part of the UK Governments’ ongoing programme to implement the European Union’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) in UK law, the FCA will begin supervising Anti Money Laundering and...
View ArticleNot so good vibrations prosecutions for failures to adequately manage the...
Amy Sadro, Principal Associate in Eversheds Sutherland’s Environment, Health and Safety Team and Dr Chris Nelson, a Principal Consultant and specialist in noise and vibration at Finch Consulting give...
View ArticlePlastic Waste the Outlook for 2020
2019 will go down as the year when concerns about plastic pollution became main stream and when really for the first time consumers started to demand action. As the year ended retailers issued...
View ArticleKSA: The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) invites...
Background On 9 January 2020, REPDO invited developers to prequalify via a request for qualifications (“RfQ”) for the third round of the NREP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Third round of the NREP...
View ArticleItalian Digital Service Tax
Italian Digital Service Tax The Italian 2020 Budget Law (re-)introduced a unilateral Digital Services Tax (“DST”), effective as of January 1st, 2020, that is simi...
View ArticleIn the spotlight: How witness evidence may change in civil cases
Civil cases are usually built around two cornerstones: contemporaneous documents and witness statements. In 2019 the Business and Property Courts implemented a pilot with the aim of streamlining the...
View ArticleNew regulations permit the Central Bank of Ireland to limit the rights of...
Precis: In this briefing, we look at the new regulations permitting the Central Bank of Ireland to limit the rights of individuals under the GDPR. On 30 October 2019 the Data Protection Act 2018...
View ArticleDOJ further aligns Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy with FCPA...
On 13 December 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a revised Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (Revised EC/S Policy),1 clarifying its prior...
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