Episode 85: Noel Ng | Goodwins Law Corporation
Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
High Speed in the FinTech Patenting Race
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 371, James Koukios on International Anti-Corruption Developments from December 2017
Singapore's AI frameworks guide AI ethical and governance principles, with existing sector-specific regulations addressing AI risks. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are...more
Faced with increased scrutiny by consumers, regulators, shareholders and boards, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations have been at the forefront for multinational companies globally. Multinational...more
Singapore’s Green Finance Industry Taskforce (GFIT) published a second consultation paper on 12 May 2022, proposing detailed thresholds and criteria for a revised Singapore taxonomy for Singapore-based financial institutions...more
The guidelines aim to promote the adoption of robust practices for managing technology risks in the financial sector. On 18 January 2021, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the MAS) issued revised guidelines (the...more
Banks, asset managers and insurers have 18 months to introduce and implement environmental risk management practices in accordance with new Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management. The Guidelines were issued by the...more
Regulators seek to expand market connectivity for wealth management products and enhance financial institutions’ environmental risk management. This blog post summarises key regulatory developments in Hong Kong and...more
While most of the world is triaging around stricter COVID-19-related restrictions and lockdowns, some countries are already starting to take steps to return to a new normal – one where business continues even as outbreaks may...more
The COVID-19 outbreak has the world on high alert. On 7 February 2020, due to heightened risk, the Singapore government raised its outbreak alert to Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (“Doscorn”) orange....more
The Singapore government has introduced additional control measures to minimize the risk of further transmission of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the community. Employers in Singapore must take proactive steps within the...more
Entering a new market can be a game changer for businesses in the consumer industry, but it can come with some significant legal risks. Consumer protection laws, supply chain issues, product regulation, data privacy issues,...more
Five years on from the enactment of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) (enacted on 2 July 2014), and what has Singapore learned about data privacy? ...more
Recent investigations targeting companies in various industry sectors ranging from technology to finance, and shipping to insurance, illustrate that economic sanctions are a high risk area for companies in Asia. Our Asia...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Releases Statement on Expiration of Tick Size Pilot - On September 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the early expiration of its Tick Size Pilot Program. Under the program, the...more
Institutions will need to meet deadlines to conduct a self-assessment of existing outsourcing arrangements, rectify identified deficiencies, and put in place measures to mitigate interim risks where a deficiency is...more
If you are in the Far East there is now a master conference centered around the top compliance practitioners in the region. Next month, from June 8-9, Compliance Risk Logic is putting on its a conference in Singapore,...more