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[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - December 2nd - 5th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Learn the key principles of compliance - no travel required! If you’re new to or have minimal experience in compliance management don’t miss this opportunity to build the foundational knowledge you need! SCCE’s four-day...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

AI Safety: The Role of the Board in Assessing and Managing AI Risk

As AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risk from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes. The...more

K&L Gates LLP

Digital Operational Resilience in the Financial Services Sector: EU and UK Update

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With under six months to go until the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes applicable on 17 January 2025, DORA implementation projects are running full steam ahead. DORA lays down uniform...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Listing Rules Reforms

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its long-awaited reforms to the UK’s listing regime (Listing Rules), designed to reinvigorate UK capital markets and make the listing regime more internationally...more

Littler

New Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the UK – How Can Employers Comply?

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As we previously reported, from October 26, 2024, under the (not-so-concisely named) Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 – which we are calling “the Worker Protection Act” – all employers in the UK...more

NAVEX

The UK Worker Protection Act: A New Era of Workplace Safety

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The UK Worker Protection Act 2023, amending the 2010 Equality Act, represents a significant milestone in safeguarding employees against sexual harassment. With a compliance deadline of October 26, 2024, this Act places a...more

A&O Shearman

UK FCA Financial Crime Guide consultation: more obligations, or old news?

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As financial crime compliance pressures grow, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to emphasise the significance of its Financial Crime Guide (FCG) as part of the overarching regulatory framework for financial...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s FCA Publishes Webpage on Operational Resilience Requirements

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published a web page of observations aimed at helping firms prepare for new operational resilience rules due to be inforced by 31 March 2025. The relevant rules apply to banks,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Updates to the UK National Security and Investment Act

Key Points - Following our Alert last month addressing the United Kingdom Government’s intentions to improve the workings of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the U.K. Government has now published two new...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK CMA Provides First Insights into the Application of UK Merger Control Rules to AI Partnerships

The UK Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published the first in a series of anticipated merger control decisions in the artificial intelligence (“AI”) space, providing insight on its approach to the application of...more

WilmerHale

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

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Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Updates to the UK National Security and Investment Act in These Dangerous and Uncertain Times

Key Points - On Thursday, the UK government announced its intention to improve the workings of the NSIA, “ in these dangerous and uncertain times [when] our economy is increasingly the target for our adversaries.” In November...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews - June 11th - 12th, Ixelles, Belgium

Hosted by C5 Group, the 5th Annual European Forum on Global FDI Reviews returns for another exciting year with curated programming that provide sessions on the most pressing issues coming across your desk and strategic...more

Mayer Brown

Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

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In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

Hogan Lovells

UK Building Safety Act update: building assessment certificates, the golden thread and what’s coming next

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2024 has brought with it a raft of new building safety legislation. Here is an update on what’s new – particularly in relation to building assessment certificates and the golden thread of information....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

Perkins Coie

Online Safety Risk Assessments Have Arrived: Five Steps for Building a Globally Adaptable Process

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Safety risk assessments are becoming a preferred regulatory tool around the world. Online safety laws in Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States will require a range of providers to evaluate the safety...more

Ius Laboris

Enforcing a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

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A new law relating to sexual harassment in the UK is due to come into force on 26 October 2024 which places a legal obligation on all employers to take proactive measures to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the...more

Mayer Brown

UK Weekly Sanctions Update - Week Of January 22, 2024

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In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. 1. Russia Sanctions - UK Government adds Russian-based cyber hacker under Cyber regime: On January 23, 2024, the UK Government,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Government Launches Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy

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The strategy aims to boost supply chain resilience of critical goods. On 17 January 2024, the government launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy (the strategy), which aims to safeguard UK supplies of goods...more

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Cyber security – Pensions Regulator publishes updated guidance for trustees

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With the pensions industry having direct experience of recent cyber security incidents, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its guidance for trustees in this area. As a reminder, this year saw Capita suffer a cyber...more

Ankura

Proceeds of Crime and the Cautionary Tale of Convicted Fraudster Achilleas Kallakis

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Recent SFO Confiscations Linked To Decade-Old Crime - On 24 November, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) successfully confiscated £250,000 from Achilleas Kallakis, which was held as a debenture by The Queen’s Club, home of the...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop - February 5th - 8th, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm PT

SCCE’s four-day Compliance & Ethics Essentials Workshop provides comprehensive education on the core elements of a compliance program in a convenient virtual format. The curriculum is ideal for those new to or with little...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

IFPR – FCA Publishes Final Report on Implementation

On 27 November 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its final report (the “Report”) on its multi-firm review into firms’ progress in implementing the internal capital adequacy and risk...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Happy birthday, ChatGPT! Celebrating 1 year with the top 10 milestones in AI governance

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A year in review for the ChatGPT (chatbot generative pre-trained transformer) — and a look ahead at the global response to AI & which governance “guardrails” are required. On November 30th, 2023, the world will celebrate...more

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