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In-house Advisor weekly highlights—23 September 2021

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Published on: 23 September 2021

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Table of contents

In-house resources, events and networking
Crafty Counsel videos available in Lexis®PSL
Networking and forum events
Risk & Compliance
Risk & Compliance forecast
HM Treasury publishes consultation responses and policy paper on the Economic Crime Levy
OPBAS report notes differing levels of achievement in AML supervision
FATF publishes details of webinar on money laundering from environmental crime
OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar
US Congress to tackle anticorruption legislation, including bill to outlaw foreign bribe solicitation

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Article summary

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.

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