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The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized the basic point that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters and corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest...more
Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to...more
Advancing women to leadership roles is not merely a "nice-to-have" feature of your business. It also serves as something other than an employee attraction or a retention benefit. Ironically, women in leadership shouldn't be a...more
Compliance professionals constantly seek to understand how systemic issues within corporate hierarchies can lead to severe consequences. The recent revelations about Bank of America’s (BoA) persistent workplace culture...more
As growth-stage fintechs manage a rapidly increasing workforce, they are faced with onboarding senior-level hires within the scope of a complex regulatory environment in the U.K. On our latest “Fintech Focus” podcast, host...more
New criminal laws in the UK will make companies more vulnerable to criminal prosecution for the acts of their employees and agents than ever before. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) introduces...more
China’s long-awaited amended Company Law (New Company Law) was enacted on 29 December 2023, effective from 1 July 2024. The new amendments are arguably the most significant since China established its company law regime back...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, approved in final form its rule banning non-compete clauses in most instances. The rule is scheduled to become effective 120 days after its publication in...more
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule banning virtually all noncompetition agreements between employers and employees. Employers may enforce pre-existing noncompetes with “senior executives”...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Non‑Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting most employee non‑compete agreements as unfair methods of competition by a vote of 3 to 2. The Rule is a...more
Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted a final rule (3-2) banning new non-compete agreements for both senior executives and non-senior executives. Companies may continue to enforce existing non-compete...more
Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had voted to essentially ban all non-compete agreements in the United States. Specifically, the FTC issued a final proposed rule banning new non-competes...more
At the start of 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued an industry letter: Guidance on Assessment of the Character and Fitness of Directors, Senior Officers, and Managers (the “Guidance”),...more
On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice president and senior audit...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has kicked-off 2024 by crystallising its new approach to enforcement. The key change is the introduction of the Early Account Scheme (“EAS”), which provides a mechanism for the...more
“The first rule of enforcement club is that you do in fact talk about enforcement club”; so Therese Chambers, the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, announced...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has fined the former CEO of Wyelands Bank GBP118,808 for various regulatory breaches, including that he failed to take reasonable steps to ensure the business for which he was...more
Recent changes to the PRA’s approach to enforcement show an increased focus on expediting the investigative process and incentivising early admissions. On 30 January 2024, the Bank of England (the Bank) unveiled a number...more
Succession planning for senior management should be an annual process, managed by the board. Our panel discusses best practices, including how to develop multiple and next-level candidates, how to keep internal candidates...more
Investigations are stressful for an organization’s leadership. But what is often overlooked is that they are stressful for an organization’s employees as well. The need-to-know nature of internal investigations usually...more
The new failure to prevent fraud offence and new ‘senior manager’ attribution test for corporate criminal liability contained in the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 are relevant to private equity firms for two key...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became law on January 1, 2021, and requires companies formed and/or operating in the United States to disclose beneficial ownership information through a database that will be maintained...more
The latest proposals for improving diversity and inclusion in the UK financial services sector, published by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, include changes that will impact Senior Manager...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) recent proposals demonstrate a divergence in approach when it comes to individual accountability and expectations of senior management in...more