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Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—18 November 2021

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Published on: 18 November 2021

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Table of contents

Risk & Compliance forecast
Risk & Compliance forecast as at 16 November 2021
Data protection
Landmark Supreme Court decision curtails representative claims for data protection breaches (Lloyd v Google LLC)
Comment—WhatsApp takes on EDPB to fight EU GDPR fine
Changing direction? UK consults reforms to its data protection law
AML and counter-terrorist financing
What the Natwest case tells us about AML liability
Sanctions
Investors sue Standard Chartered over sanctions violations

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes the latest Risk & Compliance forecast, a landmark decision for class action data protection cases and some lessons about AML liability.

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