Last month, the Belgian Supreme Court ruled in a case concerning a former employee who, following an internal investigation, had been first dismissed by her employer for and subsequently convicted of several criminal...more
6/4/2024
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Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
Former Employee ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
UK Corporate Criminal Offense ,
White Collar Crimes
With Parliamentary elections and a series of national votes in 2024, the EU is entering a pivotal period in its history. In this study, ‘Global business in a changing Europe’, we speak to corporate leaders across the world to...more
3/22/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
Competition ,
Corporate Governance ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Global Market ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Net Zero ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainability
Financial institutions and other AML-obliged entities in Belgium now face increased criminal risks for laundering the proceeds of any type of tax fraud.
Higher money laundering risks...more
We continue to see increased investigation and prosecution of corruption, fraud, modern slavery and workplace misconduct, especially in the construction, transportation and financial sectors.
Investigations are boosted by...more
1/10/2024
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Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Liability ,
Cross-Border ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Investigations ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Transparency ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On 3 October 2023, the European Commission announced a public consultation regarding the draft implementing regulation (Draft Regulation) establishing the European Common Criteria-based cybersecurity certification scheme...more
G7 governments continue to seek ways to increase the effectiveness of their sanctions on Russia by clamping down on sanctions circumvention....more
Paying a cyber ransom will, allegedly, secure your data and give you back control of your systems. But there are legal, operational and ethical risks to consider....more
Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more
4/25/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
UK
With a ninth sanctions package against Russia in the making, the EU’s sustained response to the war in Ukraine has demonstrated that sanctions will remain at the forefront of EU policymaking. The array of sanctions adopted...more
Over the last three months, the EU has imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to the war in Ukraine (see our dedicated collection here). While adopting further sanctions is getting ever more...more
In Brussels, initial appeal decisions are now available concerning the question as to whether retail tenants are entitled to rent payment suspensions / waivers in light of the applicable Covid-19 restrictions. On that basis,...more
During 2020, across many of the EU Member States and in the UK, restrictions related to so-called “high risk vendors” (HRVs) in the telecommunications sector were announced. In the UK, in November 2020, the UK Government...more
On 16 December 2020, the European Commission launched the EU’s new Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade, seeking to bolster Europe’s cyber resilience and step up the EU’s leadership in cybersecurity regulation....more
On 16 December 2020, the European Commission launched the EU’s new Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade, seeking to bolster Europe’s cyber resilience and step up the EU’s leadership in cybersecurity regulation....more
The EU Blocking Regulation prohibits European businesses from complying with certain US extraterritorial sanctions and export controls targeting Iran and Cuba, catching them between a rock and a hard place....more