This article discusses the MiFID II regime for access by financial institutions located outside the EU to EU customers and markets.
This session will enable in-house counsel to effectively respond to the need for a large-scale contracts remediation effort. This need may arise as a result of a regulatory enforcement action, such as after a US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation has occurred, or after a change in regulation, such as when the EU declared the Safe Harbor framework to be invalid. While these efforts tend to be reactive in nature, panelists will pinpoint best practices for proactively identifying all business relationships and collecting and warehousing the associated documentation so that the company will be prepared to respond if needed. Panelists will present case studies of remediation projects, whether undertaken expeditiously under the watchful gaze of a monitor or over time in response to a change in regulation, or after the merger or divestiture of a key supplier.
This is a sample checklist of key considerations for non-profit organizations who wish to start activities in a new country - such as identifying who can authorize entering a new country and specific activities, and the conditions under which and the resources with which this may be done.
It has become a recent trend for law enforcement agencies to apply to the courts for an order to compel a communication device or software manufacturer to create solutions for the decryption of encrypted communications. This article considers the legal position for law enforcement agencies in Hong Kong availing of the courts in order to acquire decrypted communications.
This article outlines the powers of the Works Council in The Netherlands on the grounds of the Works Councils Act (WOR) if the company is obliged to introduce the (reduced) two-tier regime.
This Quick Overview provides an overview of the most recent developments in Colombian legislation regarding the emergence of financial services through virtual platforms under the technique known as fintech, especially the regulation on crowdfunding.
This sample agreement is drafted on the basis that the Service Provider owns the rights in the software that is to be maintained, and that the Customer has entered into a software licence agreement with the Service Provider authorising the Customer to use that software
This sample agreement is drafted under English law and is intended for use in business-to-business arrangements.
This sample Privacy Impact Assessment is a generic template for use where the laws of EU Member States apply to the relevant data processing activities.
In this sample, clauses are for use where a data processor will be processing personal data on behalf of a data controller.