Legal & Regulation
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March 21, 2022
Danish firms issue guidance on managing risks from Ukraine conflict
The Danish Confederation of Industry (DanksIndustri (DI)) has advised its 18,000 member firms across all sectors to take extra care…
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March 18, 2022
EC moves to address teleworking risks
The European Commission (EC) has taken a step nearer to introducing rules to protect workers from the physical and mental…
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March 18, 2022
China and Russia top new money-laundering ranking
China is the leading country for money laundering when based on GDP, with illegally-laundered money in the country totalling £337bn…
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March 17, 2022
Russian sanctions pose no systemic threat says Luxembourg regulator
Luxembourg’s financial regulator has stated that its banking system should be able to absorb any losses incurred due to sanctions…
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March 17, 2022
Dutch firms advised on risks associated with employing Ukrainians
Western European governments, companies and individuals are keen to help six million Ukrainian refugees expected by the European Commission (EC)…
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March 16, 2022
EU minimum corporate tax rules blocked by Swedish government
Swedish corporations have welcomed the move by its government to reject efforts by the French presidency to push through new…
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March 16, 2022
Shell’s directors being sued for failing to manage climate change risk
Shell’s directors are being sued for failing to properly manage climate change risk, in what is being described as a…
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March 16, 2022
Companies face growing exposure to biodiversity liability as regulations line up for 2024, warns Clyde & Co
Businesses that do not address wide-ranging exposures to biodiversity risk will start coming under real pressure within a couple of…
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March 16, 2022
Swedish business groups reject need for more EU corporate reporting rules
A coalition of leading Swedish business, audit and corporate governance groups has issued a strong response to the European Commission’s…
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March 16, 2022
Facebook fined €17m for GDPR breaches
Facebook Ireland, now known as Meta Platforms Ireland, has been fined €17m by the Irish data protection regulator following an…
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March 15, 2022
Aviation insurers face potentially huge loss as Kremlin moves to seize grounded planes in Russia
The international aviation insurance market will be nervously tracking the effective nationalisation by the Russian government of more than 500…
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March 10, 2022
EU supply chain due diligence proposal fails to match UN/OECD guidelines
The EU’s recently published proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence is an attempt to bolster efforts to…
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March 9, 2022
Shell moves to avoid reputational risk after buying Russian oil
Energy giant Shell intends to withdraw its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons – including crude oil, petroleum products, gas and…
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March 7, 2022
Biden signs sexual harassment arbitration legislation in US
US president Joe Biden has signed into law federal legislation that forbids mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment and assault cases.…
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March 3, 2022
Energy price crunch raises risk of corporate exodus from Germany: BDI
More than 25% of German companies are considering relocation of all or part of their operations overseas because of the…
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March 2, 2022
Marsh says boards failing to properly grasp ESG risk
Marsh believes that the boards of many global companies are failing to properly tackle ESG risks, creating “worrying gaps” in…
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March 2, 2022
Risk managers urged to boost role in AI risk as EU prepares new rules
European companies need to allocate more resources to managing AI risks, including creating a new compliance team headed by a…
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March 1, 2022
Product recalls rise amid raft of new European regulations on safety and sustainability
New regulations in Europe are set to “sweep” through manufacturing supply chains as regulators become more “aggressive” to protect consumers…
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February 24, 2022
Wates Principles most widely used corporate governance code for large private UK firms
Most large private firms that have adopted a corporate governance code to comply with new UK regulations use the Wates…
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February 24, 2022
Copyright suit against Apple and director Shyamalan given green light
A US federal appeals court has reinstated copyright litigation against Apple and well-known director M Night Shyamalan in a case…