A recent case involving the seizure of over £2 billion worth of bitcoin in the UK highlights the crucial role professionals in the financial and legal sectors can play in […]
Continue Reading →Jeremy Hunt provided more detail around measures affecting the local government pension scheme (LGPS) during his UK Budget but “transparency for transparency’s sake” may not provide the best outcome for […]
Continue Reading →Demand for data processing and storage from the Irish and global gaming sectors will increase rapidly as the interactive nature of its technology evolves, but there are challenges to meet […]
Continue Reading →The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance setting out how it will determine penalty notices and calculate fines under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and […]
Continue Reading →Revisions to Ireland’s consumer protection code (CPC) detailed in a recently published Central Bank consultation paper reflect a modernisation of the code and address current regulatory priorities, including protecting consumers […]
Continue Reading →AI and other technological advances promise to lower the costs suppliers incur in delivering services to customers over the lifetime of outsourcing contracts. Customers will want to consider what contractual […]
Continue Reading →The UK Treasury has opened a consultation on improving money laundering regulations and reducing burdens on legitimate customers. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The Scottish government’s proposal to introduce permanent rent controls to protect tenants concerned about rent increases will not sufficiently address the issues facing the private rented sector, as it may […]
Continue Reading →A recent Irish High Court decision has underscored the principle that settlements should conclusively resolve disputes rather than lead to new proceedings and if they do, then the parties seeking […]
Continue Reading →The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its business plan for 2024-25, providing an accessible and useful reminder to firms in the financial sector of the FCA’s ongoing regulatory […]
Continue Reading →Manufacturers could face restrictions on using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – so-called ‘forever chemicals’ – to make cleaning products and consumer goods under a UK regulatory initiative that will […]
Continue Reading →Chris Evans tells HRNews about a product designed to help firms avoid disputes over payment of discretionary bonuses Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Penny Simmons tells HRNews about the IR35 set-off mechanism to prevent ‘double taxation’ of end user clients in cases of status misclassification Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Draft legislation introduced before the UK parliament on Tuesday should, if passed, make it easier to enforce third-party litigation funding agreements that link the fees litigation funders receive to the […]
Continue Reading →The UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) has reformed the law of corporate criminal attribution for a wide range of economic crimes and introduced a new […]
Continue Reading →Pension scheme buy-outs are increasingly popular in the UK pensions market as a way for trustees to offload the risk of funding and paying for members’ benefits. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The National Cybersecurity Standardisation Technical Committee in the People’s Republic of China has released a document outlining basic security requirements for generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →A recent update from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) indicates that it is likely to pursue greater transparency even outside any enforcement investigation, posing some challenges for firms, an […]
Continue Reading →Mass actions, sometimes described as collective, class or group actions, are actions brought by multiple claimants against the same defendant or group of defendants, generally in relation to harm said […]
Continue Reading →Many EU operators will soon have to add a “no re-export to Russia” clause in their contracts, as it becomes a legal requirement under tough EU sanctions. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The European Commission is demonstrably eager to give effect to the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), experts in AI and digital services regulation have said, after six major online platforms […]
Continue Reading →Fewer businesses will be subject to EU laws prescribing tighter scrutiny of supply chains than was originally envisaged after late amendments to the proposed new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive […]
Continue Reading →Employers should proactively consider recently announced updates to Singapore’s employee retirement and re-employment age, and employment pass (EP) salary thresholds, to minimise potential disruptions to their day-to-day operations when the […]
Continue Reading →A recently published newsletter from the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism has revealed just 12% of material outsourcing contracts are compliant with EU outsourcing regulations, as UK financial institutions […]
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