Sep 22, 2023 UK and U.S. agree "bridge" to allow transatlantic personal data flows By Edward Machin The speed at which artificial intelligence has come to dominate the public consciousness can almost make you wistful for the days when...
Oct 03, 2023 Access all areas: soft skills for handling DSARs By Edward Machin Chuck Palahniuk wrote that the only reason we ask other people about their weekend is so we can tell them about our own weekend. In that...
Oct 02, 2023 The California climate disclosure bill almost no one is talking about – net zero and voluntary carbon offsets disclosures soon to be required? By Michael Littenberg There have been dozens – and probably hundreds – of client alerts, briefs, white papers and other thought leadership pieces on the...
Sep 26, 2023 Updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enforcement stats released By Michael Littenberg Last Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its monthly Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enforcement statistics. The UFLPA...
Sep 23, 2023 Texas DOL decision poses a fundamental challenge to the anti-ESG crusade By Amy Roy Robert Skinner The September 21 decision of the federal court in the Northern District of Texas litigation over the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) ESG...
Sep 21, 2023 What's to fear in a name? Fund liability risks under the amended Names Rule By Amy Roy Robert Skinner The SEC on September 20 approved amendments to the Investment Company Act “Names Rule” governing the use of descriptive terms in the...
Sep 18, 2023 California Governor to sign climate disclosure bills requiring thousands of companies to report By Michael Littenberg Will he or won’t he? That is the question clients were asking last week. That question has now been answered. According to numerous...
Sep 15, 2023 European Commission publishes consultation on SFDR – the first steps towards “SFDR 2.0”? By Eve Ellis As speculated in the press over the last few days, the European Commission has published a consultation requesting stakeholders’ views on...
Sep 15, 2023 ICO and other DPAs urge social media companies to protect their users from risks associated with third-party data scraping By Rohan Massey The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and 11 other data protection and privacy authorities (DPAs) – under the aegis of the...
Sep 14, 2023 Smarten up your (real estate investing) act – Reflections from GRI Europe By David Seymour Will Bryant It was great to be at such a well-attended GRI Europe event in Paris this week, and a 25th anniversary celebration of the GRI Club no...
Sep 13, 2023 The FCA publishes review of its assessment of sanctions systems and controls of financial services firms By Kevin Nordin Tamsin Sahota On September 6, 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – which is responsible for supervising regulated firms to help ensure...
Sep 11, 2023 SEC private fund reforms and broken deal risk: Implications for co-investors By Robert Schmidt Adam Dobson At the end of August, the SEC, in a 3-2 vote, adopted a package of highly anticipated private funds rule reforms. Of particular relevance...
Sep 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak readjusts his scientific Horizon to the EU By David Dowling Over six months ago we noted that UK researchers may soon be able to regain access to ‘Horizon Europe’, a pot of funding and the ability...
Sep 11, 2023 Life sciences: Innovation, patients and access under the microscope By Lincoln Tsang Ropes & Gray’s global life sciences practice hosted a successful Thought Leadership dinner on 7 September 2023 at Mosimann’s in London...
Sep 11, 2023 OFSI updates its monetary penalties guidance after exercising its new disclosure power By Kevin Nordin Tamsin Sahota On 31 August 2023, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) used its new disclosure power for the first time and, shortly...
Sep 08, 2023 The “Summer of CSRD” series – CSRD transitional provisions By Michael Littenberg The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will have broad impact. Approximately 50,000 undertakings are expected to have a...
Sep 06, 2023 The “Summer of CSRD” series – linkages between CSRD disclosures and with other disclosures By Michael Littenberg The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will have broad impact. Approximately 50,000 undertakings are expected to have a...