11/04/2022
Dentons' partners approve combination with Link Legal in India
The combination is expected to launch in the coming months.
Government Regulation
11/04/2022
New chatbot to allow online filing of unpaid salary claims in Singapore
TADM is working on multiple languages and virtual meditation sessions with interpreters to help migrant workers.
11/04/2022
TCFD reporting can deliver significant business benefits beyond compliance
Infrastructure businesses that embrace the TCFD-related climate disclosures should find it easier to raise capital
11/03/2022
Apple patent ruling clarifies UK choices for tech implementers
Apple has been accused of being unwilling to agree a licence to use a number of SEPs owned by Optis.
11/03/2022
New Guidance on social media and digital channels approved by IFPMA and EFPIA
The Note for Guidance covers the interaction of the pharmaceutical industry with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs), Healthcare Organizations (HCOs), Patient Organizations (POs), and other stakeholders.
11/03/2022
DWP consults on fresh illiquid asset requirements for DC pension schemes
The DWP also set out plans to require relevant DC schemes with assets over £100 million to disclose and explain their default asset class allocation in their annual chair’s statement.
11/03/2022
Disclosure requirements and product labels among FCA ‘greenwashing’ proposals
The labels reflect different sustainability objectives – rather than being a hierarchy with one label regarded as better than another.
11/03/2022
Bermuda Insights: Regulatory & Risk Advisory
The Notices permitted entities to make representations to the ROC for the ROC to decide whether the actions taken by the entity are adequate to meet the economic substance requirements or whether further enforcement action is required.
11/02/2022
Data disposal – risk management
Organisations must ensure that the period for which the personal data is stored is kept to a strict minimum, with clear time limits for erasure
11/02/2022
U.S.-listed companies will soon be required to adopt compensation clawback policies
Dodd-Frank Act-mandated rule will apply to foreign private issuers and emerging growth companies
11/02/2022
New ASA rules will force gambling brands to rethink ad campaigns
It said marketers should ask where a character they plan to use originates from
11/02/2022
Trading of SillaJen stocks has renewed in two years and five months after the decision not to delist the company
The Capital Markets Group of Dentons Lee, led by Partner Ghil-Won Jo, with assistance of Attorneys Weon-Jae Yang and Yun-Sil Jang, thoroughly analyzed the situation and rendered comprehensive legal advice.
11/01/2022
Stephenson Harwood partners with litigation intelligence provider Solomonic
Users have the ability to track more than 60,000 claims, 130,000 parties and 5,000 law firms, as well as glean insights on case prospects and past litigant behaviour.
11/01/2022
Dutch money laundering amendments to prompt greater AI use in transaction monitoring
The Council of State was unusually critical about the lack of data protection safeguards in a previous draft of the Act.
11/01/2022
Pensions disputes: Ombudsman addresses out of time complaints
A cashflow analysis established that, on the facts in place at the time, the scheme would run out of funds within a year.
11/01/2022
US SEC releases new rule on executive compensation clawbacks
This new rule dovetails with the DOJ's efforts to target individual actors who may be viewed as responsible for corporate wrongdoing.
10/31/2022
Germany temporarily relaxes insolvency law
The new rules will be implemented by the previous Covid 19 Insolvency Suspension Act
10/31/2022
BVI VASP Update: A Two Step Approach
Although the final text of the new VASP Act is not yet published, the definitions of a VASP and a virtual asset service in the draft law currently mirror those in the AMLR and Code and are not expected to change.
10/28/2022
Insolvent Trusts: the Order of Priority is……
There were insufficient funds to meet the claim, let alone those of other creditors.
10/28/2022
Guernsey introduces a summary civil forfeiture procedure: what does this mean for trustees?
The summary procedure will apply where assets in a Bailiwick bank account have been the subject of "no consent" for at least a year.