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From Burden to Balance: UK Moves to Streamline NSIA Regime

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/24/2025

On 22 July 2025, the UK Cabinet Office announced a package of proposed reforms to the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) 2021 aimed at streamlining the regime and easing the burden facing businesses who trigger NSIA...more

The EU’s Legal Tech Tipping Point – AI Regulation, Data Sovereignty, and eDiscovery in 2025

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 6/27/2025

As we navigate through 2025, the European legal landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, particularly in the realms of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and data sovereignty. These changes are reshaping how...more

The UK's carbon border adjustment mechanism continues to take shape

A&O Shearman on 5/8/2025

Ahead of the commencement of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), key building blocks for its regulatory framework are moving into place. Following consultations in 2023 and 2024, draft legislation and a policy...more

Diversifying to boost financial resilience

IR Global on 3/26/2025

Q1: How can proactive risk management strategies help businesses navigate regulatory and economic uncertainties? The last few years have offered some, often difficult, lessons to many businesses who found themselves...more

UK Sanctions: A New Package, Guidance and Legal Clarifications

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/25/2025

The future of international sanctions on Russia is not settled. Whilst the representatives of the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia on 18 February 2025 to discuss possible avenues to peace in Ukraine, the foreign ministers of...more

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Global Supply Chain Challenges

J.S. Held on 2/5/2025

The importance of the global supply chain has never been more apparent since the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in worldwide shortages of products and drove prices and inflation skyward. Supply chain disruptions have become the...more

EU DORA: Are you in scope, and if so, how can you prepare?

King & Spalding on 12/23/2024

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

The UK Introduces a New Reimbursement and Compliance Monitoring Regime for Authorised Push Payment Scams

Alston & Bird on 10/7/2024

Our UK Financial Services Group examine the UK’s new mandatory reimbursement rules that will require payment service providers (PSPs) to reimburse victims of scam transactions....more

Developments in Global Sanctions Compliance with a Focus on Russia, Belarus and China

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 9/23/2024

Sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union against Russia, China, and other parts of the world are fast-evolving. Such geopolitical shifts are creating new risks and placing further...more

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

International Transfers of Personal Data After Schrems II: Practical Compliance Steps

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/27/2024

Quick Hits Schrems II Recap Most people are now familiar with the Schrems II requirements to “know your transfers” and to protect personal data when such information is subject to processing (including remote access to...more

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on 5/20/2024

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: New Laws Addressing the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

J.S. Held on 2/15/2024

The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more

Unveiling Tax Realities: Debunking Myths about the British Virgin Islands

Conyers on 2/5/2024

In this review of taxation and the British Virgin Islands, Conyers Corporate Counsel Nicholas Kuria discusses some of the most commonly misunderstood notions relating to the use of offshore jurisdictions, with a focus on the...more

Top challenges for white collar crime and investigations lawyers in 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/26/2024

We asked our global white collar crime team for their views on the key challenges in 2024 for in‑house investigations teams and white collar crime lawyers, and how to manage the associated risks. Here is what they said. ...more

A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in Q1 2024 and Beyond

Goodwin on 1/4/2024

As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more

The UK’s Online Safety Bill – Implications for US and International Businesses

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/18/2023

On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more

FCA Publishes Outcome of its Review of Firms' Compliance with Sanction Controls

K&L Gates LLP on 9/28/2023

Introduction - Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 the UK has introduced an unprecedented number and variety of sanctions. The FCA has recently assessed the sanctions controls of over 90 financial service...more

The Importance of Effective Policies and Training in Data Protection: Lessons from a Scottish Hospital Breach

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 9/5/2023

I recently had the chance to visit with Jonathan Armstrong on a recent data breach case that occurred in the health service provider NHS Lanarkshire (Scotland) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This breach serves as a stark...more

Data Privacy: What Nonprofits Need to Know in the United States, EU and UK, and China

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/6/2023

From long-standing laws to incoming legislation, global nonprofits must understand the requirements and prepare for scrutiny in their handling of personal data. U.S. privacy regulations are currently a complex framework of...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - January 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/10/2023

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

Cyber laws will be updated to boost UK’s resilience against online attacks

BCLP on 12/30/2022

The UK government confirmed on 30 November 2022 that there will be changes to the UK’s cybersecurity regulations in response to a public consultation launched earlier this year. This follows recent updates relating to the...more

Private Fund Managers Should Prepare for New ESG-Related Regulatory Obligations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/15/2020

The list of events for which 2020 will be remembered continues to grow and we are only two thirds of the way through the year. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have come into focus in the financial community,...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/1/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the National Institute of Standards and Technology's four principles of the "explainability" of artificial intelligence and the U.K. Information...more

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 497 –Jonathan Armstrong on the UKBA, GDPR & Modern Slavery Compliance

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 8/26/2020

The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in compliance, premiering on July 31, 2015. This week begins a series of podcasts leading up to the 500th anniversary episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, which will...more

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