The English Court of Appeal has ruled that the English courts have jurisdiction to hear a claim brought by a group of migrant workers against three companies in the Dyson group alleging trafficking and abuses of their labour...more
2/7/2025
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Business Litigation ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
EU ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
International Labor Laws ,
Jurisdiction ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Malaysia ,
Supply Chain ,
UK ,
Unjust Enrichment
Standard Chartered issued preference shares to Guaranty to satisfy certain regulatory capital requirements. Guaranty was the sole registered shareholder as nominee for a depository which issued American depository shares. It...more
This is the final note in a three-part series on the regulation of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Our first note, we provided a...more
10/21/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Liability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
United States
As the UK Government seeks to put sustainability at the heart of the beautiful game, in this article we consider: The Bill’s introduction to Parliament represents the culmination of several years of UK Government activity...more
3/27/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Football ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mergers ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sports ,
UK
Last year, we wrote about ClientEarth’s application to the High Court of England and Wales for permission to bring a judicial review claim, alleging that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unlawfully approved the IPO...more
1/18/2024
/ Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Judicial Review ,
Sustainability ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new package of sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and investment labelling rules is a key pillar of the UK government’s efforts to introduce an economy-wide SDR regime. All...more
12/20/2023
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Greenwashing ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
UK
The FCA has issued the final version of its rules for stage one of the UK’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or SDR, together with its new ESG product labelling regime. The rules are detailed and complex. The new...more
The FCA has issued the final version of its new anti-greenwashing rule – part of a package that includes additional rules as stage one of the UK’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or SDR, plus the FCA’s new ESG...more
The dynamics of the new space race significantly increase disputes risks as space becomes more congested and the competition to get ahead intensifies.
Until recently, the thought of humans reaching outer space as tourists...more
Exploiting natural resources, manufacturing products and growing food in space are now well within the realms of possibility. Identifying, assessing and mitigating disputes risks arising from these activities pose a...more
10/4/2023
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EU ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mining ,
Natural Resources ,
Outer Space ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
Disputes risks are an ever-present part of doing business. Indeed, for some, these risks are built into their business model. They like to move fast and accept they may break some things. Disputes are part of the cost of...more
There are useful takeaways for EU and non-EU firms arising from the European Supervisory Authorities’ (ESA) latest thinking on greenwashing. In June 2023, the ESAs issued progress reports examining greenwashing risks and...more
7/27/2023
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Greenwashing ,
Insurance Industry ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Taxonomy
In a judgment handed down on 12 May 2023, the English High Court has refused permission for UK environmental NGO ClientEarth to continue “derivative claims” on behalf of Shell against its directors in connection with their...more
The Net Zero transition will not be smooth. The scale of the investment required and the appetite and ability of countries to implement new policy – both now and in the years to come – will cause unprecedented disruption and...more
4/20/2023
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Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Energy & Climate Debates ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Greenwashing ,
Net Zero ,
Paris Agreement
On 27 January 2023, 11,317 individuals and 17 institutions from the Ogale community in Nigeria filed claims against Shell Plc (Shell) for its alleged role in oil spills in the Niger Delta....more
ClientEarth (an environmental charity) is challenging a decision by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) to approve a prospectus of an energy company on the basis that it contains inadequate climate-related...more
The U.N. Human Rights Committee ruled in a watershed case that Australia has failed adequately to protect indigenous Torres Strait Islanders from the adverse effects of climate change....more
At COP26 last year, the Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned the financial services industry that it was time to “walk the walk”, and emphasised that greenwashing would not be tolerated in the...more
As the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, rebuilding resilience and planning for the future have taken centre stage in 2022. The pandemic brought to the fore many human rights issues, creating new challenges and...more
More activity and more private actors in space means more disputes. Understand how and where those disputes will be resolved to prepare your business. Our global experts bring together multi-sectoral expertise to assess the...more
Okpabi and others (Appellants) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Respondents) [2021] UKSC 3, 12 February 2021.
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the English courts have jurisdiction to hear a claim by over 40,000...more
Following months of protracted negotiations and coming four and a half years after the UK voted to leave the EU, 24 December 2020 saw the EU and UK finally agree the shape of their future relationship. While the Trade and...more
As the world continues to battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting economic and social stress has brought many human rights issues to the fore, exacerbating systemic issues and generating new challenges. Yet the...more
12/15/2020
/ Child Labor ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Slavery ,
Supply Chain ,
Transparency
The High Court has struck out the claims of over 200,000 individuals and businesses affected by the collapse of the Samarco dam in Brazil in 2015. At the root of the finding in Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group plc and BHP...more
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has upheld the High Court’s verdict in Kadie Kalma & ors v African Minerals Ltd & ors [2020] EWCA Civ 144. This is an important case for businesses exposed to human rights risks...more