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As a result of Brexit, UK-regulated firms will already have grappled with loss of passporting and equivalence measures, and the need to navigate national regimes and relocate staff. As...
How to Manage Social Media Liability in the Workplace: RIMS “I remember when the worst thing you had to worry about at work was a misdirected reply-to-all on an email.” Joann Lytle, a partner with the law firm McCarter & English in Philadelphia, knows things have changed and there are many ways for employees and businesses to get caught up in legal trouble these days using electronic communications and social media from Facebook to Twitter to YouTube to LinkedIn and more. Jennifer Reno, risk manager at the shopping network QVC, notes that businesses use social media to market, provide cus...
The SEC’s Division of Examinations is prioritizing exams of ESG-focused strategies, and will use the U.S.’s existing regulatory framework to review ESG-related disclosures.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In 2021, the global impact of environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) investing will continue to grow, with key implications for the asset management industry. The new European regime on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial sector will roll out in March 2021, affecting both European and non-European asset managers alike. In the U.S., where there is no dedicated ESG-related regulatory structure in place, investor demand for ESG-focused strategies is driving fund managers to provide additional resourc...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Under the Biden Administration, we expect the Department of Justice to reinvigorate the policies aimed at increasing coordination between the criminal and civil divisions. In a 2015 Memorandum – the “Yates Memo” – former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates pushed for “early and regular communication” between civil and criminal division attorneys in their pursuit of corporate investigations. Current conditions, including the government’s COVID-19 response under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ...