Sunday Book Review: December 22, 2024 – The Top Business Ethics Books from 2024 Edition
Daily Compliance News: December 20, 2024 – The First Post-Wirecard Client Edition
Classroom Insiders, Season 2 – A Deep Dive into Panuwat and Shadow Insider Trading
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 42 – The Holiday Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 60 - The Evolution of Fintech: Asia, The US and the Implications for Inclusion with Theodora Lau
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 57 - A Path to Financial Inclusion Through Technology with Eelee Lua
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 58 - The AI-fication of Jobs with Huy Nguyen Trieu
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 59 - Four Decades Fighting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – A Diplomat Reflects with Matt Friedman
Everything Compliance: Episode 146, The Holiday Season Edition
Daily Compliance News: December 19, 2024 - The Prison Labor Edition
TechLaw10: Online Fraud & How to Stop It
Compliance into the Weeds: NRA Governance Reforms: A Compliance Case Study
The Hill Country Podcast: Behind the Scenes at Kerrville Daily Times with John Wells
Great Women in Compliance – Holiday GWIC-tacular
Daily Compliance News: December 18, 2024 – The Turn Your Knife on Yourself Edition
A Comprehensive Overview of FOCI Mitigation
Daily Compliance News: December 17, 2024 – The Extraordinary Circumstances Edition
SBR-Author’s Podcast – Exploring Storytelling with James Jennings
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 146, The Holiday Edition
Innovation in Compliance – Boosting Corporate Culture Through Engagement with Stephan Poschik
China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law (“AUCL”) has been amended twice since its enactment in 1993, first in 2017 and another in 2019. On December 25, 2024, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress released a...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Dear CEO Letter setting out its key concerns and priorities over the next two years for benchmark administrators. The FCA's supervisory priorities include: - corporate...more
Many countries finalized new regulations and released new guidance in 2024 regarding global equity plans. Multinational companies should confirm whether their equity grant materials and plan administration align with such...more
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposes to materially revise the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). On December 19, 2024, DOJ issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority published a Dear CEO letter setting out its strategy for providers and distributors of contract for differences over the next two years. The FCA's planned work relates to: - Consumer...more
December 30, 2024- U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) released his 2024 Year-in-Review and Oversight Report for the 118th Congress, highlighting Banking Committee...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Dear CEO letter for data reporting services providers. Since its previous letter in May 2022, the FCA has seen improvement in some areas such as within firms' data quality...more
A Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) provides for the protection of the assets held under one portfolio by ring-fencing them from the liabilities of other portfolios in the same company. SPCs were introduced in the Cayman...more
The Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority, and the Bank of England have launched consultations on operational incident and third-party reporting. The regulators propose to establish a framework to...more
On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Final Rule establishing the new Outbound Investment Security Program, set to take effect on January 2, 2025. This program, implemented under Executive Order...more
On December 10, 2024, the U.S. State Department published a Final Rule, announcing an increase in registration fees with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), as required by the International Traffic in Arms...more
Bruyea v. United States (Ct. Claims Dec. 5, 2024), is the latest in a series of cases concerning whether a U.S. double tax treaty, in this case Canada's, allows a foreign tax credit for Canadian income taxes against the 3.8%...more
INTRODUCTION - Bilingual and Bi-Juridical - Canada is a bilingual, bi-juridical, and multi-cultural country, composed of 10 provinces and 3 territories. English and French are federally mandated official languages...more
Introduction - On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its long-awaited proposed amendments to the regulations adopted under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in a Notice of Proposed...more
Advancements in artificial intelligence and digitalization are changing the world of work at a rapid pace. In particular, when AI systems are used as workforce management tools, employers can automate a large number of tasks...more
There is more to learn from the European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion on AI models. I previously reviewed the EDPB’s take on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the...more
The Bank of England has published a statement of policy setting out its approach to determining commercially reasonable payments to clearing members whose contracts are subject to a statutory tear up in CCP resolution,...more
Starting on January 8, 2025, citizens from multiple countries, including the United States, will require a new electronic travel authorization (ETA) to enter the United Kingdom as visitors without a visa....more
On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) regulation restricting U.S. outbound investments in certain advanced technology sectors in China (the Final Rule) takes effect. Thereafter, investments by...more
The European Supervisory Authorities have published a summary report with the key findings from the 2024 Dry Run exercise on reporting the registers of information under DORA...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published technical advice on revisions to Delegated Regulation (EU) 447/2012 and Annex I of the CRA Regulation...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a consultation report on policy measures to address leverage in non-bank financial intermediation where it can create financial stability risks. The measures aim to help authorities...more
查看中文 Following a consultation process conducted in June 2024, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. (HKEX) has announced finalized amendments to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on HKEX (Listing Rules) to...more
In a sign of the UK Government’s continued focus on infrastructure development, two important policy consultations have been run in recent months. Prime Minister Starmer has made repeated public promises to “back the...more
EU countries will need to designate supervisory authorities (SAs) for the EU AI Act by August 2025. Contrary to GDPR, for example, a single country is allowed to appoint multiple AI SAs. Furthermore, an SA could be appointed...more
