May/June 2016
Volume 5, Issue 3

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News Items

• Major reforms to UK money laundering regime proposed
• Whistleblowers fear prosecution under new European Trade Secrets law
• UK Anti-Corruption Summit
• EU Parliament approves data protection reform
• FCA maintains lower notification threshold as part of market abuse rules
• Pensions regulator drops plan for EU-wide capital regime
• Cybersecurity risks reduced by 'gardening leave'?
• Law Society taskforce examines effect of new antimoney laundering regime

Articles

• Financial services and Brexit: the new UK settlement with the EU and its legal status - Paul Edmondson, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
• Holiday pay and commission: An update - Stephen Ratcliffe, Baker & McKenzie LLP
• FCA review: Meeting investors' expectations - Karagh Gilliatt & Aiden Campbell. CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
• Invalidity of EU-US Safe Harbor Part 2: Practical implications and the new Privacy Shield - Sana Khan, Barrister-at-law

March/April 2016
Volume 5, Issue 2

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News Items

• EU and US agree new pact for data transfer across the Atlantic
• Qualcomm agrees to settle bribery charges for $7.5m
• EC confirms one year delay for entire MiFID II package
• New regulations for UK gender pay gap reporting
• In-house legal counsel subject to the Senior Managers Regime?
• New legal remedies for zero hours contract workers
• First conviction for Bribery Act corporate offence

Articles

• Invalidity of EU-US Safe Harbor: Practical Implications Part 1 - Sana Khan, Attorney at Arista Networks Inc
• New guidelines on sentencing for health and safety and food safety: Will they make a difference? - Ailish Oxenforth, DLA Piper UK LLP
• Financial services sector update: new rules on regulatory references and whistleblowing - Sarah Ozanne, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
• Book review - Business Social Responsibility: CSR for SMEs - reviewed by Brendan O’Brien, Vice President, Legal, Barclays Bank

January/February 2016
Volume 5, Issue 1

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News Items

• Thames Water fined £1m for polluting Grand Union Canal
• Insider trading prosecution starts putting FCA reputation in spotlight
• Consultation on British bill of rights set for 2016
• SRA backs call for independent legal regulators
• Who will head FCA?
• China’s forex regulator reassures global markets
• Revised UK water merger regime takes effect

Articles

• Time for a holiday? Overtime, commission and the holiday pay problem - Stephen Ratcliffe & Robert Marsh, Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Practitioner’s insight into the new EU Data Regulation - Sana Khan, Attorney at Arista Networks Inc.
• The Brussels Regulation (recast) - Sarah Grenfell & Kushal Gandhi, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

November/December 2015
Volume 4, Issue 6

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News Items

• New guidelines on sentencing for health & safety offences
• FCA sets out new whistleblowing requirements for regulated firms
• UK boards not facing up to Brexit risks
• Takeover Panel censures Freshfields and HFW
• New chief legal ombudsman appointed
• US safety report causes crisis at airbag company

Articles

• UK Consumer Rights Act 2015: Reforms to the private enforcement of competition law - Howard Cartlidge & Lucy Davies Olswang LLP
• The Vital Verifications: risks inherent in verifying online compliance training - Keith Read, LRN
• Software review: Technology company: Comprobo Technology: Presence Assure View Assure RoboProctor - Keith Read, LRN
• The UK Consumer Rights Act 2015: Unfair contract terms considered - Eimear O’Brien, Hogan Lovells LLP