Strategic Benefits of Consumer Surveys in Complex Litigation | Episode 69
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part 2
Compliance Perspectives: Michael Horowitz, Inspector General at the Department of Justice, on Conducting High Profile Internal Investigations - Part I
Almost six years have passed since the introduction of the UK Sanctions and Money Laundering Act, and two years since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which was a watershed moment for the UK sanctions regime. Against the...more
Whilst not traditionally a focus of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), the UK’s labour markets now form one of the CMA’s strategic priorities, as outlined in its 2023 to 2024 Annual Plan....more
USDC Report Published, Crypto Firms Announce USDC Integrations - Circle, the U.S. fintech company that manages the stablecoin USDC, recently released the “State of the USDC Economy” report, highlighting the “efforts to...more
In this Insight, first published in PLC, Freya Scott discusses the RICS Sustainability Report 2023, considers some of the barriers to achieving the carbon net zero goal by 2050 and what can be done to overcome these. ...more
In our previous alert ELTIF Reform: A Milestone in the Development of an EU Private Fund Structure for Accessing Wholesale Markets, we discussed the EU Commission’s adoption of a revised regulation for the European Long-Term...more
Although investors clearly recognize the Real Estate Investment Imperative and almost all firms are making efforts to reduce the energy intensity of their property portfolio, our global study reveals that only 45% of real...more
The Green Technical Advisory Group, which is guiding the UK government’s implementation of a UK Green Taxonomy, has issued detailed advice for the upcoming legislation. In September 2023, the Green Technical Advisory Group...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
Key Points - The European Commission (“EU Commission”) has published its report on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation which contains the EU Commission’s assessment of a number of key aspects of the...more
Further to the request of the European Parliament for concerted EU action, the European Commission issued on 22 December 2021 a proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities...more
The global central bank cooperative body would bring stablecoins within the international standards for payment, clearing, and settlement systems....more
The French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA"), a national regulatory authority created by Law 2016-1691 of December 9, 2016 ("Sapin II law"), has just released its 2021 activity report. An analysis of the inspections the FAA...more
In the wake of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, several countries, starting with the 27 member states of the European Union and followed by the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Norway, have implemented...more
On September 30, 2021, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) released a report entitled “Tailored Scientific Advice for Biosimilar Development,” describing results from its pilot program in which biosimilar applicants were...more
The European Commission (“EC”) has published a Working Paper on dealing with distributors that also act as agents for certain products for the same supplier. The Working Paper is an attempt by the EC to clarify the current...more
An ECON draft report on digital finance recommends legislative action in relation to cryptoassets and cyber resilience and a framework for digital onboarding. On 4 June 2020, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary...more
The European Commission has published its long awaited report that assesses the application and scope of AIFMD. On 10 June 2020, the European Commission published a report assessing the application and scope of the...more
The European Commission has published its long awaited report into the application and scope of AIFMD. The report is generally positive and concludes that overall AIFMD has been successful in meeting its objectives....more
Electronic money or e-money has been subject to regulation in the EU since April 2002 when the first Electronic Money Directive 2000/46/EC (“EMD1”) established the regulatory framework. However, there have been difficulties...more
Corporate criminal offences (CCOs) under Part 3 Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) are increasingly coming under the spotlight of the UK tax authorities. In a 10 February 2020 press release published in response to a Freedom of...more
On October 23, 2019, the European Commission published its report after its third annual review on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield, which became operational in August 2016, details procedures...more
The Gauvain Report to "Restore the sovereignty of France and Europe and protect our companies from laws and measures with extraterritorial scope" was submitted to the French Prime Minister on 26 June 2019. As its name...more
On 8 April 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a third party report into the impact on competition of syndicated lending (the “Report”). Although there has not been significant competition law...more
Setting the scene The long anticipated European Commission (DG COMP) report on "EU loan syndication and its impact on competition in credit markets" (see here) has finally been published. The study primarily focuses on the...more
On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report1 prepared by three special advisers (the Advisers) appointed by EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to explore how EU competition policy should evolve in...more