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Rod Fletcher to join Herbert Smith Freehills Corporate Crime team
Rod Fletcher, one of the UK's leading business crime and investigations specialists, is to join the Herbert Smith Freehills top-ranked corporate crime …
EU democracy in action: European Parliament withdraws objection to EMIR technical standards
Pursuant to a compromise proposed by the European Commission on 7 February, the European Parliament has withdrawn its objection to two of the delegated …
SFOUpcoming Webinar "The Bribery Act: An Update"
Thursday 14 February 2013 9:30 - 10:30am UK time The Bribery Act 2010 has now been in force for over 18 months. In this round-up webinar we will look at: …
Temporary Product Intervention Rules: inadequate safeguards
The FSA is consulting (as it is required to do under the Act) on the new power given to the FCA under the Financial Services Act 2012 to issue temporary …
EFTA Court dismisses allegations that Iceland breached EU Deposit-Guarantee Scheme Directive (the 1994 version)
On 28 January, the Court of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) dismissed the application brought by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), and held …
UK: OFT review of personal current account market suggests significant changes are still necessary
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published its review into the personal current account (PCA) market. A report evaluating the impact …
UK: Non-executive directors – new ICSA guidance on care, skill and diligence
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators has issued new guidance on the liability of non-executive directors in the context of the …
ESMA's review of disclosures relating to impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets, and recommendations on application of IAS 36
On Monday ESMA published a report on its review of impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets in IFRS financial statements. The report …
UK Supreme Court refuses to extend privilege to accountants
The Supreme Court confirmed today that legal advice privilege (“LAP”) cannot be claimed in respect of confidential communications between accountants and …
Regulatory enforcement: divergent perceptions of the effectiveness of the SEC's efforts
In an article entitled "SEC enforcement: What has gone wrong?" published in the National Law Journal in December 2012, Professor John C Coffee Jr raised …
Updates to European Commission's MiFID Q&A website
The European Commission has published new questions and answers on several issues related to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive …
Period for objection to EMIR Delegated Regulations extended
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have been granted a one month extension to scrutinise the European Commission Delegated …
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