Compliance Tip of the Day: 5 Practical Steps for Conducting a Culture Audit that Meets DOJ Standards
Everything Compliance: Episode 144, The Q4, Great Women in Compliance Edition
Business Integrity Innovations: Championing Integrity – Samia Tnani on Driving SME Growth Through Ethical Governance
Daily Compliance News: November 7, 2024 – The Fat Leonard Sentenced Edition
Great Women in Compliance – Episode 248 – GWIC x Everything Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using Culture Audits to Strengthen Your Compliance Program
Daily Compliance News: November 6, 2024 – The Post-Election Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Risk-Based Compliance Lessons from a Young Entrepreneur’s Ice Cream Stand
Compliance Tip of the Day: New Questions from the DOJ - Shaping the Future of Compliance
Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 144, Q4GWIC Edition
Innovation in Compliance – Anik Singal on His Journey from Digital Marketer to Compliance Advocate
Daily Compliance News: The VOTE VOTE VOTE Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day – The 2024 ECCP is a Game Changer for Compliance and Culture
Adventures in Compliance: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes – Unveiling Compliance Lessons in The Problem of Thor Bridge
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
FCPA Compliance Report – The 2024 ECCP on Data-Driven Culture and Engagement
Daily Compliance News: November 4, 2024 – The Shame of it All Edition
Episode 343 -- TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
Sunday Book Review: November 3, 2024 – The Books on Risk Edition
Because That’s What Heroes Do: Deep Space 9 – Episode 16: Favor the Bold: End of The Beginning
The European Data Protection Board issued draft guidelines last month that outline when processing can be considered done for “legitimate interest.” The public has until November 20 to provide comments to the draft....more
The Financial Action Taskforce has published the outcomes from its plenary meeting, which took place between October 23 and 25, 2024. Outcomes include: - the approval of the last two assessment reports in the FATF's...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its financial promotions quarterly data for Q3 2024. The FCA summarizes the data collected between July 1 and September 30, 2024 and the action it took against firms...more
As outlined in our prior bulletins on this topic, Canada’s new supply chains legislation, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Act), requires reporting entities to complete and submit to...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 supplementing the European Long-Term Investment Funds Regulation with regard to certain regulatory technical standards was published in the Official Journal of the European...more
On October 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Frequently Asked Question (“FAQ”) 1197 on securities held at the National Settlement Depository (“NSD”) in connection...more
Summary of June 2024 Annual General Shareholder Meeting Season Shareholder Proposals - - While the total number of shareholder proposals is comparable to the June 2023 general meeting season, the number of companies...more
Having taken time to reflect on the mood and sentiment at Expo Real 2024 among clients, contacts, and European real estate partners at McDermott, the general outlook within the Messe could be best described as one of cautious...more
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has published a discussion paper setting out draft guidance on nature transition planning for corporates and financial institutions developing and disclosing a transition...more
The U.K. Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2024 have been made. The Regulations revoke certain pieces of EU law retained in the U.K. post-Brexit as well as bringing into force amendments...more
China has implemented the 144-hour visa-free transit policy to qualified foreign visitors at designated immigration ports of entry starting from December 1, 2019. Qualified visitors from 54 countries may apply for 144-hour...more
It’s the turn of South-East Asian countries to update their data protection laws. Here is our summary of the proposed new data protection laws in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organisations are advised to update their data...more
As Italy plans to introduce its first comprehensive space economy legislation, private operators face both significant opportunities and regulatory challenges. While the new framework opens the door for commercial space...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, but it also introduces complex compliance challenges. While many regions are ramping up their regulatory frameworks to address these risks,...more
The 2024 ECCP demands data-backed evidence of a genuine, embedded compliance culture. The DOJ’s stance is clear: a company’s commitment to compliance is only credible if it’s supported by data that reflects employee...more
Some years ago, the question whether New York courts have subject matter jurisdiction over petitions to dissolve foreign business entities garnered much interest amongst business divorce lawyers and on this blog. The debate...more
In substantially all of the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As one of the top tech law firms in the world,...more
On October 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury issued final regulations governing certain outbound investments in the semiconductor, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors of the People’s Republic...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties (“COP29”) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. This is the first in a series of posts BCLP’s...more
November 6, 2024- The Bank of England published a report on the transfer of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited to HSBC UK Bank Plc by the Bank of England for the purposes of section 79A of the Banking Act 2009....more
In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024...more
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ('COP29') may offer opportunities for key stakeholders to foster international cooperation on using market-based cooperative...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her first Budget Statement on 30 October. The Autumn Budget drew widespread attention, with several measures grabbing the headlines, including the historic fact that...more
A second Donald Trump presidency ushers in a moment in international trade without precedent…other than the first Trump presidency. It is often difficult to predict how a new administration will act, but in this case, the...more
On October 23, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) launched a pilot program expanding foreign access to value-added telecommunications services in four pilot regions, namely, Beijing, Shanghai,...more