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Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—23 September 2021

Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—23 September 2021

The following Risk & Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—23 September 2021

Risk & Compliance forecast as at 21 September 2021

Risk & Compliance forecast as at 21 September 2021

The following Risk & Compliance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Risk & Compliance forecast as at 21 September 2021

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

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

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on US Congress to tackle anticorruption legislation, including bill to outlaw foreign bribe solicitation

OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar

OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on OFAC settlement extends sanctions reach beyond US dollar

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What is a solicitor's undertaking?

What is a solicitor's undertaking?

What is a solicitor's undertaking?An undertaking is a commitment by a solicitor to do something. It can be enforced against the solicitor by the...

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

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...

SRA Standards and Regulations 2019—in-house lawyers

SRA Standards and Regulations 2019—in-house lawyers

SRA Standards and Regulations 2019—in-house lawyersThe SRA Standards and Regulations set out the standards and requirements that individual...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

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...

Practice notes

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation...
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Produced in partnership with Michael Potts of PCB Byrne 19th May
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Practice notes

Conflicts of interest, confidentiality and disclosure 2019—in-house lawyers

Conflicts of interest, confidentiality and disclosure 2019—in-house lawyersThe SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs (Code for Solicitors)...
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19th May
Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
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Precedents

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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19th May
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High-risk third countries tracker

High-risk third countries trackerOrganisations caught by the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer)...
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19th May
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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...
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Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligenceYou may apply simplified customer due diligence (SDD) measures in relation to particular...
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19th May
Practice notes

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—key information for businesses

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—key information for businessesThe Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) came into force on 24 February 2003. It applies to...
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19th May
Practice notes

Brexit legislation tracker

Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Tipping-off and prejudicing an investigation

Tipping-off and prejudicing an investigationThere are several offences of tipping-off and prejudicing an investigation that apply to the regulated...
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19th May
Precedents

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...
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19th May
Practice notes

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

SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs—for in-house lawyers

SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs—for in-house lawyersThis Practice Note provides guidance for in-house solicitors on the SRA Code of...
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19th May
Precedents

Financial sanctions policy

1IntroductionThis financial sanctions policy is designed to ensure we comply with applicable financial sanctions laws made under the UK sanctions...
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19th May
Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021

Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Albania; Australia; Austria;...
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19th May
Practice notes

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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19th May
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Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Anti-Money Laundering 2021

Getting the Deal Through: Anti-Money Laundering 2021Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Australia; Brazil;...
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23rd Sep
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Getting the Deal Through: Government Investigations 2021

Getting the Deal Through: Government Investigations 2021Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Australia; Greece;...
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Getting the Deal Through: Risk & Compliance Management 2021

Getting the Deal Through: Risk & Compliance Management 2021Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Argentina;...
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Getting the Deal Through: Cybersecurity 2021

Getting the Deal Through: Cybersecurity 2021Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Austria; Belgium; China;...
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24th Aug
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Getting the Deal Through: Anti-Corruption Regulation 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: e-Commerce 2021

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18th Aug
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Getting the Deal Through: Data Protection & Privacy 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Advertising & Marketing 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Corporate Immigration 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Cloud Computing 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2021

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Market Intelligence—Merger control

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Getting the Deal Through: Legal Privilege & Professional Secrecy 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Competition Compliance 2020

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Getting the Deal Through: Business & Human Rights 2021

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Getting the Deal Through: Corporate Governance 2021

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Liquidated damages in construction contracts

Liquidated damages in construction contracts

Liquidated damages in construction contractsThis Practice Note explains what liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs/LDs) are and their purpose in a building contract. It considers the difference between liquidated damages and general (or unliquidated) damages and looks at the enforceability of

Provisional sums

Provisional sums

Provisional sumsWhat are provisional sums?There is no precise standard definition of provisional sum but it is generally understood to refer to an amount inserted in a bill of quantities, or contract sum analysis, to cover certain items of work that cannot be accurately defined, detailed or valued

Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?

Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?

Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?This Practice Note considers the question of when court proceedings can be stayed. It identifies scenarios in which a party may apply for a stay of proceedings, including to allow for: a jurisdictional challenge; arbitration; an attempt to

Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS)

Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS)

Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS)What is QOCS?Qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) was introduced on 1 April 2013 as part of the Jackson costs reforms following the removal of a claimant’s right to recover additional liabilities from the defendant, ie success fees and after the event (ATE)