Nov 08, 2024 UK Banking Litigation Update By Thomas Clark Emma Probyn Anthea Bowater Miryam Farrelly Sarah Robinson Julia Schulman Rebecca Freedman +4 more... Show less So far this year we’ve seen a range of important cases and developments before the Courts in the UK affecting financial institutions. In...
Nov 07, 2024 Time is ticking for the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence coming into force By Matthew Bruce Ben Morgan Ali Sallaway Emily Knight Laura Feldman Caroline Doherty de Novoa +3 more... Show less On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published final guidance on what constitute reasonable prevention procedures (the “Guidance”), on...
Nov 06, 2024 Navigating the New Global Order: Legal Dynamics in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets Across the CEE Region in 2024-2025 By Florian Klimscha Stephan Pachinger Anouschka Zagorski Simon Fitzpatrick Eva Schneider +2 more... Show less The financial services and capital markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) continue to evolve within a dynamic regulatory and...
Nov 05, 2024 PFAS ban – will the universal restriction see the light of day? By Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Moritz Becker Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Katharina Shingler +4 more... Show less The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
Oct 31, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024: delivering difficult decisions By Alison Dickie Laura Western In the first Budget delivered by the Labour Party since 2010 (and the first given by a female Chancellor since the role came into...
Oct 31, 2024 UK shareholder claims: no market reliance as English High Court strikes out passive investors’ claims By Emma Probyn Flavia Williams Tobias Messervy-Whiting On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...
Oct 31, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024 - what are the key points from a People & Reward perspective? By Dawn Heath David Mendel Jane Wolstenholme Anika Prasad +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled this year’s Autumn Budget. Announcing a package of reforms aiming to...
Oct 31, 2024 Penny for your thoughts? A US and UK take on incentivising financial crime reporting By Ben Morgan Eric Bruce Justin Simeone Alice Brindle +1 more... Show less On both sides of the Atlantic, law enforcement agencies are showing increasing interest in using incentivisation as a means to detect...
Oct 30, 2024 What’s in store for EU taxation policy in the 2024-2029 mandate? By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Lea Bareil After being re-elected for a second mandate in July 2024, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has now announced the...
Oct 29, 2024 Government set to bring Buy-Now, Pay-Later firms under FCA regulation By Cyrus Pocha Christine Simpson Christopher Bernard Curran Snell +1 more... Show less On 17 October 2024, HM Treasury launched its third consultation on the proposed regulation of Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) credit...
Oct 29, 2024 FCA takes further steps to crackdown on “finfluencers” following issuing guidance regarding financial promotions on social media By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Abisha Bastian Georgia Onslow +1 more... Show less On 22 October 2024, the FCA announced that 20 social media “finfluencers” are being interviewed under caution under its criminal powers....
Oct 29, 2024 The FCA consults on changes to the safeguarding regime: what does it mean for payments and e-money firms? By Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Christopher Bernard Helena de Guise +1 more... Show less On 25 September 2024, the FCA published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money...