May 31, 2023 Amendments to Saudi Arabia’s new Data Protection Law ease restrictions on internal investigations and employee monitoring By Kim Rosenberg Zara Merali Engie Mohsen Noor Al Baya +1 more... Show less New amendments under Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is introducing new amendments to its as yet...
May 30, 2023 Works council remuneration remains in spotlight in Germany By Flavia Lang Torsten Lauth In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted...
May 30, 2023 Looking Beyond the Privacy Policy: Regulatory Scrutiny of Dark Patterns in User Interfaces By Christine Lyon Christine Chong This article was originally published in the May 2023 edition of the CPI TechREG Chronicles. WHAT IS MEANT BY “DARK PATTERNS” IN THE...
May 26, 2023 WorkLife 2.0: Austria’s New Whistleblower Protection Act By Karin Buzanich-Sommeregger Agnieszka Branding Leonhard Prasser On 25 February 2023, Austria’s Whistleblower Protection Act (Act) entered into force. The Act transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive...
May 25, 2023 The UK FCA’s latest Financial Lives Survey spotlights the rise in vulnerable customers By Piers Reynolds Emilio Salice Shania Bhageerutty Rebecca Freedman +1 more... Show less The FCA’s focus on vulnerable customers is longstanding. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing cost of living crisis,...
May 25, 2023 Enforcement of intra-EU awards: current outlook By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Daria Karman +2 more... Show less Since our last update on the issue in late February 2023, further decisions on the enforceability of intra-EU investor-State awards came...
May 25, 2023 UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services By Andrew Marsh Agreement The European Commission has given its consent to the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the UK and the...
May 25, 2023 Cybercrime Risks, Issues, and Mitigation Considerations By Andrew Bulovsky Ann-Malin Brune Stephanie Brown Cripps Laura Feldman Timothy Howard Norbert Nolte Rhodri Thomas +4 more... Show less On 9 February 2023, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the UK Office of Financial Sanctions...
May 22, 2023 Seven Years of the ERA Pledge By Ashley Jones Last week marked the seventh anniversary of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge (the Pledge). The Pledge, established in...
May 17, 2023 Is this a trading venue? BaFin extends scope of MTF licencing requirement By Jan Struckmann Marius Raetz On 5 May 2023, the German regulator BaFin issued a press release, informing the public about an update of its circular on so-called...
May 17, 2023 UNCITRAL Working Group III finalises Draft Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes By Alexandra van der Meulen Matei Purice Clara Bianchi Ferran Following its 45th session held on 27-31 March 2023, the UNCITRAL Working Group III (WG III) agreed final versions of the Draft Code of...
May 16, 2023 Whistleblower Protection: Germany implements the EU Directive, at last! By Boris Dzida Julia Förster Germany adopted the Whistleblower Protection Act (‘Act’) on 12 May, which implements the EU Whistleblowing Directive (‘Directive’). It...