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US Congress to tackle anticorruption legislation, including bill to outlaw foreign bribe solicitation

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OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar

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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—16 September 2021

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EU to propose ban on forced labour-linked products, Von der Leyen says

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU to propose ban on forced labour-linked products, Von der Leyen says

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Conflicts of interest 2019

Conflicts of interest 2019Conflicts of interest can cause difficult and serious problems for solicitors and law firms, both from a compliance point of...

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AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealthSource of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money...

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

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Compliance officer for legal practice—COLP—title and duties 2011 [Archived]

Compliance officer for legal practice—COLP—title and duties 2011 [Archived]The compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) sits at the heart of the...

19th May

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Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

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SRA Accounts Rules 2019

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Modern slavery: contract clauses

1DefinitionsModern Slavery Policy•means the Customer's anti-slavery and human trafficking policy as set out in Schedule [insert] as updated by the...

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High-risk third countries tracker

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Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officials

Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officialsThe purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the...

Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 19th May

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Standard contractual clauses for international transfers—set II—controller to controller—ICO templates

In briefThis precedent links to: •a template created by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of the ‘Set II’ or ‘2004’ EU Standard...

19th May

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Introduction to retained EU law

Introduction to retained EU lawThis Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law. It provides an overview of the key definitions and...

Produced in partnership with Dr. Kieran Laird of Gowling WLG 19th May

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Safeguards and information barriers

Safeguards and information barriersProtection of confidential information is fundamental to your relationship with clients, both as a matter of law...

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Undertakings and the SRA 2019

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Duties of confidentiality and disclosure 2019

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Financial sanctions policy

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SRA Handbook 2011 [Archived]

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19th May

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Working with European lawyers—the Registered European Lawyer (REL) regime

Working with European lawyers—the Registered European Lawyer (REL) regimeAt 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition/implementation...

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Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) practice management standards—Precedents content map from 1 May 2019

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Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme—WIQS—practice management standard—Precedents content map

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