3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
3/24/2025 8:26:55 PM New sanctions legislation targeting sanctions circumvention – what does this mean for financial institutions? By Xiao Zhang Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has drastically tightened sanctions against Russia. Preventing the circumvention...
3/13/2025 12:06:32 PM FCA publicity consultation: Back to where we started? By Lucy Clark The FCA yesterday announced that it will not be pursuing much of its controversial proposed policy on publicising investigations (which...
2/24/2025 10:38:09 AM SUPPLY CHAINS AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION: THE NEW INVESTIGATIVE AND LITIGATION TREND? By Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Matteo Tola Giovanni Fabris Giacomo Vergallo Alberto Criscuolo +3 more... Show less Introduction Supply chains are under the radar of public prosecutor offices, other governmental authorities, including the competition...
2/6/2025 12:15:44 PM FCA publicity consultation: ‘How not to regulate’ By Lucy Clark The House of Lord’s Financial Services Regulation Committee has today published its report on the FCA’s publicity consultation, Naming...
1/22/2025 3:28:25 PM UK financial services enforcement themes and looking ahead By Thomas Clark Sharon Grennan Although 2024 has not seen a return to the levels of fines and outcomes of the pre-financial crisis era, there has been a notable uptick...
12/19/2024 9:46:18 AM Secret Commissions – Supreme Court to hear appeal By Emma Probyn Benjamin Ng Lucy Clark The Court of Appeal’s decision On 25 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in three linked appeals – Johnson v...
11/29/2024 9:19:56 AM FCA publicity consultation – take 2: A solution to one of the FCA’s problems? By Lucy Clark The FCA yesterday published its revised proposals to publicise enforcement investigations. Reactions to the original proposals both from...
11/21/2024 9:03:41 AM When is it Wise to report non work-related conduct issues to the UK FCA? By Ali Sallaway Christopher Robinson Sophie Horton A recent UK FCA decision highlights the FCA’s expectation that, in certain circumstances, issues relating to the conduct of senior...
11/7/2024 4:30:57 AM Time is ticking for the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence coming into force By Matthew Bruce Ben Morgan Ali Sallaway Emily Knight Laura Feldman Caroline Doherty de Novoa +3 more... Show less On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published final guidance on what constitute reasonable prevention procedures (the “Guidance”), on...
10/14/2024 9:54:53 AM Redressing the UK FCA’s power to impose consumer redress schemes By Christopher Robinson Sharon Grennan Juliet Leung In a recent decision, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed that the FCA can impose a redress requirement on an FCA-regulated firm without...
9/20/2024 8:12:27 AM Business Judgement Rule Decisions – A How-To Guide By Moritz Pellmann Nicholas Schoch Anna Eichner Anna Köhler Dawid Ligocki +2 more... Show less In today’s dynamic business environment, decision-making frequently entails venturing into unknown territory. It is often challenging to...