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The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK (the “ICO”) last week published, for consultation, draft statutory guidance setting out how it will regulate and enforce data protection legislation in the UK. The consultation sets out all of the ICO’s key powers (including information notices, assessment notices, enforcement notices and penalty notices). Read more
On 7 September 2020, Lisa Osofsky, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), delivered a keynote address at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. In light of Covid-19, this year’s speech was delivered virtually, via YouTube. In her speech, Ms Osofsky re-examined the four key priorities that she outlined at her first address to the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in 2018 and referred to a number of new developments which she said would affect the SFO’s future work. Read more
In our Corporate Crime & Investigations podcast we look to bring you timely and incisive commentary on key developments in the CC&I space. In this third episode we discuss recent activity regarding Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs). We focus specifically on three DPAs secured by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) involving Guralp Systems, Airbus and G4S Care and Justice Services. Read more
In this article, which first appeared in the September issue of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Jon Ford considers how industry codes present risks to firms and how these risks can be mitigated.Read more
The FCA recently published the latest edition of Market Watch, which covers three topics – information handling requirements, legal privilege, and transaction reporting.Read more
Join our experts in financial services, cyber and data security, data privacy, outsourcing and digital disruption, together with Deloitte’s Customer Breach Support team, as they share their experience of operational disruption. Read more
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) have all published consultation papers reaffirming the regulators’ continued focus on culture and conduct, and keeping ‘bad apples’ out of financial institutions (FI) and public companies.Read more
Welcome to the August 2020 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Read more
On 6 July 2020, the United Kingdom introduced unilateral sanctions against 49 individuals and entities from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Myanmar and North Korea accused of involvement in several high profile human rights violations and abuses. The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (the “Sanctions Regulations”), made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 ( “SAMLA”), are specifically tailored to address human rights abuses. Read more
