10/31/2024
UK disability pay gap continues to create disadvantage for disabled individuals
Ensuring adequate adjustments are made can help improve overall job satisfaction and productivity among disabled employees
Government Regulation
10/31/2024
Dealing with consumer protection investigations from the Irish CCPC
Under regulation 5A of the 2022 regulations, retailers, when making a price reduction announcement, whether online or instore
10/30/2024
Cyber & IT Security Law and Regulation Guide 2025: Bermuda
The Cybersecurity Operation Centre will be established as the governmental resource to provide the technology and other resources necessary to support the National Cybersecurity Unit
10/30/2024
Augmented Advocacy Series (Bermuda): PIPA and Anonymisation
Under PIPA personal information (PI) means any information about an identified or identifiable individual.
10/30/2024
Energy infrastructure consent process in Scotland to be reformed
Energy policy is a matter reserved to the UK government, but certain planning powers are devolved to the Scottish government
10/30/2024
Navigating the SFC Circular of 9 October 2024: Ensuring Compliance and Safeguarding Your Asset Management Business
In light of the SFC's intensified focus on compliance and enforcement, it is imperative for asset managers to reassess and reinforce their policies, procedures and operational practices.
10/29/2024
Key findings of the Financial Conduct Authority's culture and non-financial misconduct survey results for UK firms
It will be no surprise to practitioners that the survey responses recorded a stark increase in the number of reported cases of non-financial misconduct with incidents up from 1,363 in 2021 to 2,347 in 2023.
10/29/2024
What Irish investment funds might expect from macroprudential regulations
Leverage restrictions seek to impose limits on the level of exposure of investment funds generally or in relation to a cohort of investment funds.
10/29/2024
Guidance for ‘fitness and probity’ regime overhaul anticipated in Ireland
Following IFSAT’s decision, the Central Bank commissioned an independent review of its operation of the F&P approval process
10/29/2024
Cayman Islands private client structures and beneficial ownership - changes of note
As a consequence of the New BO Regime a wider class of Cayman Islands entities will fall within scope of the reporting obligations.
10/29/2024
New Irish legislation to facilitate growing needs of vessels in offshore energy projects
Currently, there is no specific Irish legislation regulating offshore service vessels.
10/28/2024
The role of patents in protecting investment in mRNA technology
mRNA is the intermediary (or messenger) in the flow of genetic information from DNA to protein synthesis.
10/28/2024
Irish data protection authority fines LinkedIn €310 million for GDPR breach
The Irish DPC is often in charge of leading on data protection investigations in the tech business
10/28/2024
Tesla pushes for self-driving vehicles on EU roads by early 2025
Tesla demonstrates a proactive and positive approach, but the early 2025 deadline is likely premature.
10/28/2024
ESMA guidelines prompt Irish funds rebranding question
On 21 August, ESMA published finalised guidelines regulating the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related and sustainability-related terms in fund names.
10/28/2024
The Legal and Labor Consequences of Presenting False Sick Leave at Work
The article explored the consequences that employees who engage in this practice may face
10/28/2024
UK financial firms require robust non-financial misconduct systems
The survey, which gathered data from over 1,000 investment banks, brokers, and wholesale insurance firms, highlights significant trends and areas for improvement in workplace culture and conduct.
10/25/2024
New UK worker protection law to drive workplace culture change
The UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has made it clear that the way to anticipate and prevent risk is through the use of risk assessments
10/25/2024
HKEX Proposes to Further Expand the Paperless Listing Regime
The aim of the current proposal is to expand the use of electronic channels
10/25/2024
Deal round-up: Schemes of Arrangement in Guernsey
The takeovers have been a mixture of public-to-private deals and consolidations by way of a share exchange.