Dec 19, 2016 Managing Political and Supply Chain Risks: Major Projects - BEPS and Infrastructure By Faye Coates What is BEPS all about? “Base erosion and profit shifting”, but nowadays used to refer to an OECD project, supported by the G20, which...
Dec 16, 2016 New EU guidance on appointing Data Protection Officers By Jacqueline Drury EU data protection regulators have issued guidance on the new duty to appoint Data Protection Officers. This is one of the duties imposed...
Dec 16, 2016 FOI: Transparency in outsourcing back on the agenda By Rachael Annear Last week, Elizabeth Denham, the UK Information Commissioner, stated her commitment to improving transparency in outsourced public...
Dec 15, 2016 Managing Political and Supply Chain Risks: Are BITs (still) worth the bother? By Elizabeth Snodgrass Over the past several years, we have had the opportunity to speak with many clients about the role bilateral or multilateral investment...
Dec 12, 2016 Managing Political and Supply Chain Risks: How to Manage Sanctions Risk in a Rapidly Changing World By Stephanie Brown Cripps Economic and trade sanctions are a response to war, terrorism, weapons proliferation, and other political events, and have always been...
Dec 09, 2016 Spy toys? Privacy concerns raised over interactive toys By Carryn Vincec It has been said that in the future, every company will be a technology company. Already, everyday items from toasters to washing...
Dec 09, 2016 What’s in the US cybersecurity report? An introduction By Peter Jaffe At the start of December, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (established earlier this year by President Obama) released...
Dec 06, 2016 Time to come in out of the cold: data sharing to improve the lives of those living in fuel poverty By Rachael Annear The Digital Economy Bill is working its way through Parliament. The second reading in the House of Lords is scheduled for 13 December...
Dec 02, 2016 Managing Political and Supply Chain Risk in Major Projects: navigating tender processes and debarment risk By Dominic Jones A major project will often involve some form of regulated tender process – whether governed by national law or the rules of an...
Dec 02, 2016 New UK surveillance laws given the green light By Sam Kirsop Surveillance laws in the UK were overhauled this week with the final approval of the Investigatory Powers Act. The Act updates the ways...