Porras Guisado v Bankia S.AC-103/16 On 22 February 2018 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) published its...
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In June last year, France’s landmark new anti-corruption law, known as Sapin II,[1] came fully into effect. Two major innovations of...
On February 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court held that the anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act (i.e., the 2010...
Proposed EU AML standards are set to raise the compliance benchmark for global financial institutions and place a spotlight on the...
The European Commission has recently published a Notice to Stakeholders (the Notice). The Notice outlines potential for greater...
Co-author Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden 7 February 2018 saw the completion of negotiations for a “big coalition” government in Germany....
In the recent Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) v RBS the English High Court revisited, but did not follow, one aspect of last year’s SFO...
As you may have seen in the Press, the UK Government has published its long awaited response to the Taylor review. The ‘Good Work’...
Much as they did in 2016, cross-border financial transactions continued to generate litigation throughout 2017, and the English courts...
If a week is a long time in politics, 24 hours is an eternity in blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Keeping ahead of the hourly...
The anticipated European Commission’s report (CR) on implementation of its 2013 Recommendation on collective redress (Recommendation)...
If you were just to look at the projected level of fines for the FCA’s 2017-18 financial year, you would think that the FCA’s enforcement...