What is BEPS all about? “Base erosion and profit shifting”, but nowadays used to refer to an OECD project, supported by the G20, which...
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EU data protection regulators have issued guidance on the new duty to appoint Data Protection Officers. This is one of the duties imposed...
Last week, Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, stated her commitment to improving transparency in outsourced public...
Over the past several years, we have had the opportunity to speak with many clients about the role bilateral or multilateral investment...
Economic and trade sanctions are a response to war, terrorism, weapons proliferation, and other political events, and have always been...
It has been said that in the future, every company will be a technology company. Already, everyday items from toasters to washing...
At the start of December, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (established earlier this year by President Obama) released...
The Digital Economy Bill is working its way through Parliament. The second reading in the House of Lords is scheduled for 13 December...
A major project will often involve some form of regulated tender process – whether governed by national law or the rules of an...
Surveillance laws in the UK were overhauled this week with the final approval of the Investigatory Powers Act. The Act updates the ways...
We’re in the midst of a global storm of activity by financial regulators on cybersecurity. For years there have been some generally...
Companies need to quantify cybersecurity risk for at least three reasons: They need to buy insurance to cover cyber risk. That means that...