May 27, 2021 Update to Sustainability Linked Loan Guidance By Clara Melly The LSTA, LMA and the APLMA - the industry bodies behind the Green Loan Principles and the Social Loan Principles - have today (27 May)...
May 25, 2021 How do you take a law firm / charity partnership to the next level? By Felicity Kirk Ropes & Gray does not take its social responsibility lightly and is always striving to go above and beyond in support of its charitable...
May 25, 2021 Orwell, Big Brother and UK surveillance law By Edward Machin These days, everything is "Orwellian". Get a parking ticket? Orwellian. VAR overturns a last minute equaliser? Orwellian. You get the...
May 20, 2021 Belgium approves first EU-wide GDPR code of conduct By Edward Machin One of my favourite quotes comes from Episode 7 of Series 1 of The Wire. Bunk Moreland: "A man must have a code". Omar Little: "Oh, no...
May 12, 2021 Seeing red — Interpol notices and data protection By Edward Machin Some things just go together. Bangers and mash. Socks. The Chuckle Brothers. I'd like to add another to the list: data protection and law...
May 11, 2021 COVID-19 vaccination booking site may reveal vaccination status By Ropes & Gray In news that is likely to concern individuals and privacy activists alike, it has been reported that the NHS booking system for COVID-19...
May 08, 2021 Hey, you — get off of my (US-hosted) cloud By Edward Machin On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would allow all of its European commercial and public customers to store their Azure and 365...
May 06, 2021 Why (and how) every company should measure the effectiveness of its approach to anti-corruption By Sarah Lambert-Porter Zachary Coseglia, Amanda Raad, and I were happy to sponsor and contribute to Transparency International UK’s latest report, Make It...
May 05, 2021 Government issues Statement of Progress on Economic Crime Plan By Ropes & Gray Yesterday, the Government published a statement of progress concerning the Economic Crime Plan, which was launched in 2019 to tackle...
May 04, 2021 US and UK to coordinate more closely on anti-corruption sanctions By Paige Berges The UK announced sanctions against 22 individuals following introduction of the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 on 26...