September/October 2013
Volume 2, Issue 5

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News Items

• Irish DPC advises on Facebook's astonishing about-face
• Nasdaq's outage highlights technical 'glitches' as a major market risk
• Lloyds sells off assets to meet regulatory demands
• Walmart shelves plans for Indian expansion
• Legal services regulation fails to protect consumers
• Hedge funds deadline sees 16 member states adrift
• Vodaphone agrees huge settlement with HMRC

Articles

• Preparing for the worst: Simple steps for managing a compliance crisis - Vivian Robinson QC & Rose Parlane, McGuireWoods London LLP
• Data security: Protecting your information assets - Ashley Hurst & Louise Lambert, Olswang LLP
• Compliance investigations: Avoiding the employment law trip wires - Joanna Ludlam, Daniel Ellis & Yvonne Deeprose, Baker & McKenzie
• Data security breach: Part 2 - How to respond in a crisis and reduce risk - Ashley Hurst and Louise Lambert, Olswang LLP

July/August 2013
Volume 2, Issue 4

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News Items

• Chinese regulators mobilise against multi-national companies
• EDPS finds major faults with new antimoney-laundering proposals
• 10m euro fine for UBS France
• MPs caught out by cookie law
• John Prescott leaves Privy Council in protest
• Corruption worsening reports Transparency International

Articles

• Consumer credit in the UK: Preparing for FCA supervision - Bill McCaffrey, CMS Cameron McKenna
• Data security: Protecting your information assets - Ashley Hurst & Louise Lambert, Olswang LLP
• Pension reforms: Changes to the UK state pension regime - Chris Judge, Reeves Accountants & Business Advisers
• The Defamation Act 2013: The impact on the legal risks of using social media - Laura Scaife, Hill Dickinson LLP

May/June 2013
Volume 2, Issue 3

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News Items

• Bloomberg snooping ‘reprehensible’ says Bank of England
• Financial Conduct Authority off to a sprint start with £3m fine for JPMorgan
• FCA fines JPMorgan £3m
• Torture claims test case
• Senate confirms Mary Jo White as new head of SEC
• OFT targets payday lenders
• Banks escape immediate competition inquiry

Articles

• Six months on and any further forward? Living in a post-Leveson world - Ashley Hurst & Jack Gilbert, Olswang LLP
• Compliance Statements in Irish Law - Peter Osborne, McCann FitzGerald
• Mixed Messages and the Burden of Regulation for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK Financial Services Sector - James O’Brien FCA of Reeves Accountants & Business Advisers
• Remuneration Code: proposals to increase number of staff caught by the remuneration rules - Nicholas Stretch & Isabel Pooley, CMS Cameron McKenna

March/April 2013
Volume 2, Issue 2

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News Items

• Competition Commission attacks ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms
• FSA to assess cyber security plans of 30 major financial firms
• Single regulator possible for legal profession
• SSE to pay £10.5m, the largest ever Ofgem fine
• European Parliament supports the 'right to be forgotten'
• TUPE rights can be interpreted 'dynamically'
• SRA begins enforcement action

Articles

• The impact of bribery and corruption issues throughout the life cycle of a mergers & acquisition transaction - Emily Carlisle, Joanna Ludlam, Gordon Low and Mark Simpson, Baker & McKenzie
• Using social media for selling: compliance with consumer protection and trading standards - Laura Scaife, Hill Dickinson LLP
• Ireland to consolidate anticorruption law - Karyn Harty, McCann FitzGerald