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In-house weekly highlights—15 March 2018

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Published on: 15 March 2018
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Table of contents

  • Risk & Compliance
  • GDPR
  • Brexit—EU (Withdrawal) Bill
  • Financial crime
  • Confidential communications between solicitor and client—disclosable or not?
  • AIM companies must apply recognised corporate governance code
  • Leading cryptocurrency exchange granted UK licence
  • Commercial
  • GDPR—data sharing
  • Corporate

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape.

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