Introduction In May 2017 the EU issued rules concerning conflict minerals and metals compliance obligations. These rules will be fully applicable from 1 January 2021. In view of that deadline, this article is a brief reminder of this particular regulatory regime. What is this all about? Upstream supply-chain due diligence to ensure responsible resourcing from Read more »
Client Alert: Driving Compliance: Car Tech and Data Protection FAQs
Vehicle technology (often called car tech) is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with GPS trackers, inbuilt software, in-car cameras and other devices and apps gathering large amounts of data about numerous aspects of a driver’s driving habits and life more generally. Information is also collected about passengers and other road users. In data protection terms this data, Read more »
Client Alert: COVID-19 and Corruption FAQs
Introduction We first published this note on 12 May 2020 and have updated it to take into account more recent developments. The current pandemic affects all aspects of the compliance world. In previous alerts we have looked at the effects of the pandemic on data protection (see http://bit.ly/gdprvirus) and modern slavery (https://bit.ly/corderyms19). But what are Read more »
Client Alert: Coronavirus (COVID-19) & Data Protection FAQs
We first sent out this alert on 9 March and we’re updating it with some announcements from regulators in other countries and with some of the questions we’ve been asked by our clients. There are some data protection specific terms in this note which are explained at www.bit.ly/gdprwords What is the issue with employees? It Read more »
SCCE Compliance Perspectives Podcast – André Bywater on Compliance, GDPR and Brexit
Remember Brexit? It dominated the news before the pandemic. While it may not be on the front page any longer, the clock is still ticking down to the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020. André Bywater explains in this podcast why businesses need to be aware of the deadline, particularly when it comes to Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: Richard Bistrong
In this film, Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong chats with Richard Bistrong, the CEO of Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC. Richard is a well known figure in compliance having been voted as one of Compliance Week’s top minds in compliance and having been voted one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere. He is a Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 56 – The Compliance Year under the Trump Administration – Part 2
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In this episode, we end the year with the second of a two-part series on our fan favourite year-end wrap up on the state of compliance under the Trump Administration. Tom and the panel have been following this topic since Trump was elected in 2016 and it is Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 54 – The Not Headed to Doral Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quintet of Jay Rosen, Matt Kelly, Sarah Hadden, Jonathan Armstrong and Mike Volkov with a potpourri of topics and commentary on current events from the compliance perspective. Rants and shouts outs follow the commentary for this episode, with one public service announcement from Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 52 – The Greenland Purchase Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have a quartet of Jay Rosen, Matt Kelly, Sarah Hadden and Mike Volkov. Jonathan Armstrong is taking a well deserved break for the next couple of weeks. We focus on the President Trump’s putative initiative to purchase the country of Greenland. We consider the proposed Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 51 – The August Reflections Edition
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. Today, we have the full quintet of Mike Volkov, Jay Rosen, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong and Sarah Hadden. Rants and shouts outs follow the commentary for this episode. Jay Rosen takes a look at the recent white paper by ECI President Dr. Pay Harned on the new Read more »