This 5 Trends piece covers sanctions, the Insolvency & Companies Court boom, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, AI in dispute resolution, and litigation related to ESG regulation.
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FCA Publishes Final Rules for Reform of the Appointed Representative Sector
The UK Appointed Representative Regime (ARR) enables certain businesses – Appointed Representatives (ARs) – to conduct UK-regulated activities without having to be authorised by the…
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FCA Takes Next Step Towards a UK Consumer Duty: An Update for Regulated Businesses
In December 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation to set a higher standard of consumer protection in retail financial markets, an…
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UK FCA Implements Controversial Change to Its Decision-Making Procedures
To expedite decisions to prevent or stop consumer harm, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has implemented a controversial change to its decision-making procedures. The change…
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GT Antitrust Newsletter | Competition Currents | May 2021
Welcome to the May 2021 issue of GT’s Competition Currents, a monthly newsletter for Greenberg Traurig clients and colleagues highlighting significant developments in global antitrust…
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GT Antitrust Newsletter | Competition Currents | March 2021
Welcome to the March 2021 issue of GT’s Competition Currents, a monthly newsletter for Greenberg Traurig clients and colleagues highlighting significant developments in global antitrust…
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‘Above & Beyond’? Serious Fraud Office Issues Corporate Co-Operation Guidance – Part I
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued its long-awaited guidance on corporate co-operation. For the first time in one place, the SFO has…
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Beware of Strangers Bearing Gifts: UK ‘Business Integrity Initiative’ Aims to Support the Anti-Corruption Efforts of SMEs
The UK government’s Anti-Corruption Newsletter for Summer 2019, supported by ‘Anti-Corruption Champion’ John Penrose, MP for Weston-super-Mare, covers the latest developments in anti-corruption over…
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The Serco Deferred Prosecution Agreement: A Lesson in Pragmatism
On 4 July 2019 at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice William Davis formally approved the fifth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) entered into by the UK’s…
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M&A Deal Flushes Out Bribery Scheme Leaving Seller Director with a Multi-Million Pound Hangover and Jail Time
On 30 May 2019 the SFO issued a press release announcing that Carol Ann Hodson, the former director and owner of a company named ALCA…
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