CFTC resolves first foreign corruption enforcement action
On December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in parallel with the Department of Justice (DOJ), settled charges...
On December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in parallel with the Department of Justice (DOJ), settled charges...
In November 2020, the English High Court made a decision on the scope of common costs in Crossley& Ors v Volkswagen AG & Ors. The...
Freshfields has acted for WEX Inc. in successfully securing the acquisition of business-to-business (B2B) payments technology providers...
The UK has long allowed non-UK institutions to provide financial services to customers in the UK under a variety of different regimes.
On 15 December, the UK government published its much anticipated Transforming public procurement green paper which sets out the...
The European Commission presented its widely heralded legislative proposals on regulating the role of so-called “gatekeeper” platforms on...
2020 has been the most active year yet for the Hong Kong Competition Commission: so far it has filed two enforcement actions before the...
Last week the UK government published its Construction Playbook which sets out guidance for the future sourcing and contracting of public...
Last month, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its Semiannual Risk Perspective Report identifying the key risks...
There is increasing focus on climate-related investment by pension schemes, an area which appears to be undergoing significant change....
As we envisaged in our recent earlier blog post, the US Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and FDIC have announced
It is widely taken as a given that employees will have the right to disconnect over the festive season, particularly while on annual...
The Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge has launched a set of Corporate Guidelines designed to assist corporates involved in...
In case you missed them, over the past few months we have published the following on defined benefit (DB) pension scheme funding in the UK:
The Supreme Court has today handed down an important decision on the ‘class certification’ procedure under the regime for opt-out...
In an early indication of an area where UK financial services regulation may diverge from the EU once the Brexit transition period ends,...
Yesterday Simon Orton, Tim Mak, Anne-Laure Vincent and Anthea Bowater held a webinar on the rise of disputes against financial services...
On 22 September 2020 the FCA published its final report on General Insurance Pricing Practices (available here), building on the interim...
It’s fair to say that 2020 has been an incredibly challenging time for UK financial institutions. Banks have to be more resilient than...
On 25 November 2020, the Criminal Division of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) issued a ruling that marked a major shift in...
FATF, the global AML watchdog, is looking to understand the anti-money laundering pinch-points faced by businesses that send money...
The European Commission ('the Commission') published on Wednesday a communication that recommends strategies for member states on helping...
On December 1, 2020, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Division of Enforcement ("the Division") released its fiscal...
In October of this year, Bolivia ratified the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (the
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