Career Can Do: Unlocking Team Potential Through Vulnerable Leadership with Benedikt Oehman
Compliance Tip of the Day: Lessons on Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence in M&A from John Deere
Daily Compliance News: October 15, 2024 – The Outside Counsel Edition
Innovation in Compliance: Tech Evolution in Real Estate Law: A Conversation with Christy-Ann Jordaan
Kerrville Weekly News Roundup: October 12, 2024
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending October 12, 2024
The Ethics Experts: Episode 185 – Tobias Sturesson
Riskology by Infortal: Episode 34 – The Hezbollah Pager Attack & Supply Chain Compliance
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Compliance Tip of the Day: Lessons on GTE from John Deere
FCPA Compliance Report: From Inputs to Outputs – Roxanne Petraeus and Susan Divers on Rethinking Compliance
Daily Compliance News: October 14, 2024 – The Do GC’s Face Peril Edition
Adventures in Compliance: Introduction to The Case – Book of Sherlock Holmes
Episode 340: DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Sunday Book Review: October 13, 2024 The books Featuring Count Dracula Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 55 – A Former Singapore Regulator Reflects on the World of Virtual Assets with Angela Ang
Compliance Tip of the Day: Reinforce Whistleblower Policies Through Training and Comms
Compliance and AI: Navigating Compliance with AI – Sage Franch and Scott McCleskey on RuleBook AI
Daily Compliance News: October 11, 2024 – The Breaking Up May Be Hard to Do Edition
Public-Private Partnerships to Stem Corruption
Mainland China has embarked on a process of aligning its arbitration practice more to international norms, notably through the introduction of ad hoc arbitration. This form of arbitration is widely recognised for its...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world....more
On the merger control front, the New Competition Law introduced a new turnover threshold, in addition to the existing market share threshold, in the context of regulating economic concentrations (as defined below) between...more
On October 10, 2024, the European Council officially adopted the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a regulation designed to ensure that products with digital features are secure to use and resilient against cyber threats, and that...more
The Tel Aviv District Court handed down an important ruling recently regulating the activities of entities distributing alternative investments in Israel. In many instances, the distribution activities are accompanied by...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
On 12 September 2024, the UK government released the new Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (the Regulations), which will come into force on 10 October 2024. The Regulations grant the...more
Australia has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption, and this policy knows no border or nationality. Bribery or attempts to bribe foreign public officials are considered severe crimes, as mentioned in division 70 of the...more
Currently, the United Kingdom requires an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to be completed by anyone entering the country from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates....more
KEY FACTS OF BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY & REHABILITATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER AUSTRALIAN LAW - Companies - Corporate insolvency in Australia mostly involves a company being placed in liquidation or administration. Companies...more
HM Treasury has published a final draft version of the Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2024, enhancing efforts to address authorized push payment fraud. The draft Regulations amend regulation 86 of the Payment...more
The Payment Systems Regulator has published a policy statement confirming the maximum level of Authorized Push Payment scam reimbursement. The statement follows the PSRs recent announcement confirming its decision to reduce...more
On 30 September 2024, the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill) will be introduced to Parliament in 2025. The Bill was first announced in the King’s...more
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative has published a 2024 progress report produced by the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Launched in 2021, the NZBA is a bank-led alliance of 144 banks globally voluntarily...more
The Bank of England has published the record of the Financial Policy Committee meeting on September 19, 2024. Headline judgements and policy actions from the meeting: (i) risks to U.K. financial stability are broadly...more
On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Interim Final Rule amending its Reporting, Procedures, and Penalties Regulations under 31 C.F.R. Part 501. This...more
The Single Resolution Board has published a communication on the changes to its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities policy to be implemented in line with the "Daisy Chains Directive" (Directive (EU)...more
We are increasingly seeing requests for a committed acquisition/capex facility – often referred to as a Delayed Draw Term Loan (DDTL) – to be included as part of the initial capital structure on European syndicated leveraged...more
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Abolition of Lifetime Allowance: Further regulations - ...more
Most companies operating or intending to operate in the EU will have by now heard about the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). The three-headed chimera, which allows the European Commission (Commission) to address...more
On 10 October 2024, the UK government published its Employment Rights Bill. This bill includes many of the measures previously set out in the Labour Party’s “Plan to Make Work Pay” and the King’s Speech. See our July 2024 UK...more
Pull quote: “Every export—every single one—has a related financial transaction” You are a banker. You do bankery things. You look at the ledgers, you tot up the numbers, you manage the accounts. Maybe you make loans,...more
The Chilean Congress is currently considering a legislative proposal introduced by the Chilean Government aimed at subsidizing electricity costs for approximately 4.7 million households. The proposed bill introduces a...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in Bermuda, addressing the recent statistics from Q2 2024 published by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (the "BMA") as well as the...more
October 11, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund announced an agreement to issue three guarantees worth $498 million under the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, the...more
