Compliance Tip of the Day: Boards and Digital Transformation of Compliance
Daily Compliance News: December 6, 2024 – The Boeing Settlement Bounced Edition
Classroom Insiders, Season 2: Understanding Injunctions in SEC Cases: Standards and Circuit Differences
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership – Jared Connors on Navigating PFAS Regulations, Trade Sanctions, and Sustainability Reporting in 2025
Presidential Leadership Lessons- Reassessing the Legacy of Warren G. Harding
Business Integrity Innovations: The Commercial Approach to Anti-Corruption: Insights from Dr. Maximilian Burger-Scheidlin
Compliance Tip of the Day: Compliance Expertise on Board
Compliance Tip of the Day: Board Compliance Committee
Great Women in Compliance – Neta Meidav on Bridging the Trust Gap
Compliance into the Weeds: DOGE and Compliance
Daily Compliance News: December 4, 2024 – The So It Begins Edition
Mitigating FOCI Under Section 847
Compliance Tip of the Day: Boards and Operationalizing Compliance
Daily Compliance News: December 3, 2024-the Under Pressure Edition
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: LRN’s Code of Conduct Survey
Daily Compliance News: December 2, 2024 – The Committed to Compliance Edition
Career Can Do: From Family Dream to a Lasting Legacy with Jessica Levinev
FCPA Compliance Report – Adrian Roux on South Africa’s New Compliance Legislation and Its Global Impact
Episode 347 -- LRN's Code of Conduct Survey
Riskology By Infortal™: Episode 37 – Boots on Deck: Managing Maritime Risk with Joshua Hutchinson from AMBREY
The fifth and intended final meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on plastic pollution concluded on December 1, 2024, in Busan, South Korea, with negotiators unable to reach a deal on a new global...more
In a closely watched and complicated case, Van Loon et al. v. Dep’t of the Treasury et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) cannot sanction Tornado...more
In the world of compliance, where incremental victories often measure progress against pervasive risks, it’s rare to witness a revolution. Yet Lisa Fine and Mary Shirley have achieved just that. Through their groundbreaking...more
The European Council recently approved a regulation that will ban products in the European Union that were made using forced labor. The new regulation covers products made with forced labor across the globe that are placed...more
Background - In February 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued a surprising decision in Case No. 821 of 2023 (Commercial), in which it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal’s (Court of Appeal) partial...more
The pace of new EU law continues unabated, with IoT, cyber security and digital services being key areas of activity....more
On December 4, 2024, EU Regulation 2024/2987 (EMIR 3), amending EU Regulation 648/2012 on the European Market Infrastructure (EMIR), was published in the EU Official Journal. EMIR 3 will enter into force on December 24, 2024,...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its second consultation on a proposed new approach to publicising its enforcement investigations and changes to its Enforcement Guide. The FCA first consulted on these...more
Ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten der neuen EU-Verbraucherkreditrichtlinie (Richtlinie 2023/2225) im November 2023: Wann kommt die Umsetzung, was wird geregelt und wie sind die Reaktionen der Wirtschaft? Die...more
In the latest episode of Sheppard Mullin’s French Insider, a monthly podcast dedicated to guiding French investors and companies through the complexities of investing and operating in the United States, Sheppard Mullin’s...more
Anyone who moves out of Germany and has investment shares or transfers them outside of Germany will have to pay taxes – even if the shares are not sold. Private investors in investment funds will have to pay taxes in the...more
As we gear up for the final quarter of 2024, this is an excellent time to review Cayman based entities with a financial year end of 31 December 2024 and consider the position of these entities with respect to the Cayman...more
In this bulletin, we consider the current state of the EU, U.K. and U.S. markets for credit risk transfer (“CRT”) transactions, with a particular focus on the fund finance market. For a more in-depth introduction to this...more
The consultation paper also includes a discussion chapter about further reform, either now or in the future, to make the rules better suited to the range of U.K. licensed firms and their clients. This includes in...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a report on the range of practices in implementing a positive neutral countercyclical capital buffer. The CCyB aims to ensure that banking sector capital requirements...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a consultation on technical amendments on the hedging of counterparty credit risk exposures. The interpretative issues addressed relate to the circumstance where a bank...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a document on the finalization of various technical amendments to the Basel framework. The amendments relate to: (i) the definition of specialized lending in the...more
December 5, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a staff report entitled “Corporate Debt Structure over the Global Credit Cycle.” December 5, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board published a Liberty Street...more
On November 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2024. As compared to FY 2023, the Division of Enforcement (the division) reported a 26% decline in the total...more
The global energy transition means that demand for critical materials and minerals is on the rise. With significant quantities of the world’s metals and minerals located in Africa, mining companies must operate in a dynamic...more
This is an update on our previous client alerts, “Are Tariffs the New Ammunition to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis?” and “Updates on the Potential Trade Tariffs for the Fentanyl Epidemic.”...more
The recent EU and UK sanctions adopted against Russia, have impacted economic operators in many ways. This article provides an overview of the current sanctions prohibitions affecting holders and traders of intellectual...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") recently ruled that design works must be protected by copyright in the EU regardless of their country of origin. This decision rejects the application of the reciprocity...more
On November 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Van Loon v. Department of the Treasury that invalidated economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on...more
Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned...more