Beyond COVID-19: Risk and regulatory

Australia: Directors’ duties: A refresher on liability and personal asset risk

Directors’ personal liability in Australia is stricter than just about anywhere else in the world.

Australia | Publication | août 19, 2020

Europe: Cybersecurity Not just an IT issue but a regulatory one too

For some time now financial services firms (firms) have been aware that cyber-resilience is a key area of risk and that it’s not just an IT issue but a regulatory one too.

Global | Publication | août 17, 2020

Global: Going viral: Heightened cyber and corporate crime risks in the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 outbreak has posed an unprecedented challenge – not just for individuals and governments, but also corporates seeking to navigate unchartered waters in the widespread disruption caused by the global pandemic.

Global | Publication | juillet 15, 2020

Canada: Updating waivers for COVID-19

If you have a recreational activity, adventure, or sports-orientated business you probably already have a liability waiver that customers or participants sign before they engage in activities on your premises.

Canada | Publication | juillet 09, 2020

Malaysia sticks to its guns on corrupt corporations and senior personnel

On June 1, 2020, Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (MACC Act) entered into force.

Global | Publication | juillet 01, 2020

UK Pensions Stop Press - COVID-19 guidance updates from the UK Pensions Regulator

The Pensions Regulator has been busy updating its COVID-19 guidance and on June 16, 2020 announced a number of changes.

United Kingdom | Publication | juin 22, 2020

From disrupted to tainted supply chains: Canadian legislation against modern slavery may be coming post-COVID

Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Modern Slavery Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (the Bill), was introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2020.

Global | Publication | juin 15, 2020

Canada: Relief extension: securities regulators extend blanket relief for registrants

The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon recently published temporary blanket relief providing automatic extensions.

Canada | Publication | juin 04, 2020

Institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down businesses, locked down communities and closed borders, the international arbitration community is not alone in having to rapidly develop new ways of working. For a cross-border system of dispute resolution that frequently involves participants from different countries, the challenge posed by COVID-19 to international arbitration is acute.

Global | Publication | juin 03, 2020