Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 1, Introduction
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Control Deficiencies
FCPA Compliance Report: Stay the Course: Ellen Lafferty on Navigating Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2025
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels – The Hound of the Baskervilles, Introduction and Compliance Lessons Learned
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Key Discovery Points: BYOD Case Law Covering Subpoenas and Employee Handbooks
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 4 - Control Information and Communication
Hospice Insights Podcast - Election Inspection: Be Proactive to Avoid Costly Election Statement Denials
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 3 – Control Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day – COSO Objective 1 – Control Environment
Compliance Tip of the Day: Code of Conduct as an Internal Control
Rethinking Records Retention
Compliance Tip of the Day: Internal Controls for GTE
FCPA Compliance Report: Revolutionizing Speak Up: Ariel D. Weindling on Enhancing Whistleblower Systems
Compliance Tip of the Day: Implementing Internal Controls
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Compliance Amidst a Global Consensus Breakdown
The Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have released a letter to PRA-regulated firms and relevant financial market infrastructure (FMIs) outlining the thematic findings from the 2024 Cyber Stress...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 131, outlining updates to the FCA Handbook resulting from the following statutory instruments. Enforcement Guide (Amendment) Instrument 2025. Revokes the...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its multi-firm review into risk management and wind-down planning across e-money and payment firms. While the FCA had observed examples of good practice...more
On 1 September 2025, the new UK corporate offence of “failure to prevent fraud” will come into force, as introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “Act”)....more
Among all the elements of a corporate compliance program, perhaps the most difficult piece to understand is the testing and monitoring of your controls. Clearly the two are important. The U.S. Justice Department says so in...more
On Tuesday the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued an updated version of its Enforcement Guide, which will now be referred to as ‘ENFG’ in the FCA Handbook, to distinguish it from the previous version. The ENFG is...more
The regulator has dropped its proposed “public interest” test, but will take certain aspects of its proposals forwards. On 3 June 2025, the FCA published its final policy (PS25/5) on announcing enforcement...more
Hogan Lovells and Teneo have worked together to produce the first in a series of articles aimed at helping regulated firms (and particularly those that hold client money and safe custody assets) better understand the rules...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement on the identification and management of step-in risk (PS5/25). The policy statement provides feedback on responses to consultation paper (CP) 23/23...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a webpage summarising the findings of its multi-firm review on retail banks' treatment of customers in vulnerable circumstances involving bereavement and power of...more
On this Ropes & Gray podcast, join Amanda Raad, co-head of the firm’s global anti-corruption and international risk and crisis management & investigations practices, Nitish Upadhyaya, director of behavioral insights at the...more
Outcomes testing and monitoring under the Consumer Duty, and senior management engagement with these areas, remain key focus areas for the FCA. Whilst the review in question focuses specifically on the treatment of customers...more
March 2025 Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules - On 12 March 2025, the Home Office laid before Parliament the latest Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 733). This statement outlines several...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised and comprehensive framework for information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. It is a directly applicable EU...more
Make no mistake, nonfinancial misconduct remains at the top of the Financial Conduct Authority's agenda. Originally published in Law360 - November 26, 2024....more
The Bank of England has published a policy statement on its approach to enforcement and an updated Statement of Policy And Procedure on its approach to enforcement. The update follows the Financial Services and Markets Act...more
Employers in England, Scotland and Wales are now required to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment. New legislation, the Worker Protection (Amendment of...more
It is possible to issue RWA tokens using a Jersey company to act as the issuer. The Jersey regulator has published a guidance note on the tokenisation of RWAs. This guidance note sets out the applicable requirements and...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. TPR targets continuous improvement on ESG matters - The...more
Private equity firms could face significant sanctions risks when doing business with entities connected to sanctioned jurisdictions (such as Russia)...more
After a slightly extended summer break, we return with a summary of the new sexual harassment rules due to come into force in just over two weeks....more
The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator updated its Powers and Procedures Guidance to reflect recent developments in its processes and structure. The guidance explains: (i) the PSR's role and its ways of working; (ii) the...more
Learn the key principles of compliance - no travel required! If you’re new to or have minimal experience in compliance management don’t miss this opportunity to build the foundational knowledge you need! SCCE’s four-day...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. DB Funding Code laid in Parliament - The final draft DB...more
The Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") comes into full force on 1 January 2025. All organisations in Bermuda are expected to be in compliance with it by that date – time is running out! The Privacy Commissioner...more