Fintech Focus Podcast | Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Fintech Focus Podcast | The UK Fintech Investment Landscape
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
Fintech Focus Podcast | Growing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
The Standard Formula Podcast | Dissecting the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Investment Rules for Insurers and Reinsurers
Fintech Focus Podcast | Are Regulators Dictating Fintech Deal Terms?
The Standard Formula Podcast | Understanding the UK’s Matching Adjustment Regime
The Standard Formula Podcast | Group Supervision Under Solvency II
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
The Standard Formula Podcast | Developments on the Horizon for the UK Change-in-Control Regulatory Regime
JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Cornerstone Research Connects: The CAT Judgment in Trucks
The Standard Formula Podcast | The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?
Life with GDPR - The ABB Enforcement Action from a UK Perspective
Life with GDPR - Changes to UK Data Protection Regime
Life with GDPR - Clearview AI Fine by the ICO
Major hospitals in London are grappling with severe disruptions following a cyberattack on Synnovis, a key pathology services provider. The attack has resulted in canceled surgeries and emergency patients being diverted to...more
FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with Software Provider to Settle Allegations that its Inadequate Security Safeguards Led to Cyberattack - On February 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed...more
The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more
Paying a cyber ransom will, allegedly, secure your data and give you back control of your systems. But there are legal, operational and ethical risks to consider....more
In recent years, especially through 2019 and 2020, the cyber insurance market in the U.S. has seen significant growth. Middle-market companies have been actively requesting cyber insurance policies with low rates and broad...more
The UK government confirmed on 30 November 2022 that there will be changes to the UK’s cybersecurity regulations in response to a public consultation launched earlier this year. This follows recent updates relating to the...more
What is in store for Privacy and Cybersecurity in 2023 - As the year ends, we offer this special edition with predictions for 2023 from each member of the Cyber Bits Partner Committee. Regardless of what happens in 2023, we...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its annual overview of insights from the Cyber Coordination Groups (CCG). Firms face an increasing threat of cyber attacks, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic and...more
Both the EU and the UK are taking steps to enhance the rules in the financial services sector to add a new layer of direct regulation for key technology providers to banks and other regulated financial services institutions –...more
US Federal Appellate Court Issues Opinion on Proof of Injury in Data Breach Cases - On September 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a class action lawsuit that had previously been dismissed...more
The crucial question that a company and its board will face if it suffers a cyber security breach is: "Had you taken reasonable steps to try to prevent a breach, and to prepare to handle any breach that occurred?" If the...more
On July 8, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (UK ICO) together with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), published a joint letter asking the Law Society of England & Wales to remind its members that they...more
Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, wants English law to be at the forefront of developments relating to cryptoassets and smart contracts. In his thought-provoking foreword to the government-backed UK Jurisdictional...more
As the world watches in horror as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, the UK, as well as its allies and partners, has introduced a number of sanctions and trade restrictions in response. In this Quarterly...more
The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has issued a statement on the situation in Ukraine. The PSR encourages firms to reflect on how they are managing their risks related to the situation, in particular...more
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more
We are delighted to introduce Dechert Cyber Bits, brought to you by members of our top-ranked, global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice. Cyber Bits is a bi-weekly publication that will provide a short summary of key...more
Cyber incidents have a serious regulatory and reputational impact, and increasingly form the subject of follow-on civil litigation. Such civil claims may be less financially attractive for claimants as a result of this case,...more
On 30 July 2021, the UK High Court handed down a helpful judgment clarifying the causes of action likely to be available (or otherwise) to claimants in cases where a data breach occurs through “external” attacks....more
Recent industry feedback published by the UK Financial Conduct Authority shares insights on the identification and management of cybersecurity challenges and mitigation strategies for financial services firms. The feedback...more
Fraud has reached epidemic levels in the UK and should be seen as a national security issue, says think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in a paper published last week. It is the crime to which UK citizens are...more
The end of the Brexit transition period is now upon us. Whilst the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) is retained in domestic law with minimal amendment, the so-called 'UK GDPR' has some key changes that...more
On 30 October 2020, the UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a final penalty notice (Penalty Notice) to fine the hotel chain Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) for a GDPR data...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently handed down two of the largest fines relating to a data breach in UK history. In August 2018, British Airways (BA) was subject to a cyberattack which breached the...more
ConocoPhillips is doubling down on its commitment to the Midland basin by buying Concho Resources Inc. in “an all-stock transaction valued at $9.7 billion,” even “as the American shale-drilling industry is facing a downturn...more