Crisis Management

Client Alert: Ransomware – To Pay or Not to Pay?

September 21, 2021

We first published this alert in June 2021 and have updated it to take into account recent developments. Introduction A significant amount of our work at Cordery in the last year or so has been helping clients deal with ransomware attacks. It’s never a pleasant experience. We’ve set out some of our thoughts on the Read more »

European Court of Human Rights LuxLeaks Ruling: Harm to Business Outweighs Interest of Disclosure made by Whistleblower

September 13, 2021

Introduction Whistleblowing/speaking up/raising concerns is becoming more and more topical in Europe, notably with the implementation date for the EU whistleblowing regime drawing closer. We’ve made a film and we’ve written about those changes here https://www.corderycompliance.com/eu-whistleblowing-faqs-2/. A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, Halet v. Luxembourg, concerning the right to freedom of Read more »

Ransomware on the In House Warrior podcast

September 1, 2021

Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong was recently a guest on the influential In House Warrior podcast where he spoke with Richard Levick on ransomware and the pay or not to pay debate. Jonathan also talks to Richard about recent GDPR cases and whether GDPR enforcement is reaching a new stage. They discuss the latest thinking on paying Read more »

SCCE 20th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute Las Vegas, USA – 19-22 September 2021

July 27, 2021

Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking in Las Vegas at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 20th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute on Wednesday 22 September 2021. It’s a virtual session this year with delegates joining from around the world. The session starts at 7am Law Vegas time/3pm UK time. Jonathan will speak with Mary Read more »

Whistleblowing/Speaking Up/Raising Concerns in the UK

June 8, 2021

What’s this all about? This article briefly looks at whistleblowing issues in the UK. The legal background In sum, in the UK workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment if they make a so-called “protected disclosure” to their employer or to some other prescribed person. This has to be a disclosure of information Read more »

Client Alert: Returning to Office Working – Health Testing and Data Protection

June 8, 2021

We first published this alert in May 2020 and we’re updating it from time to time with more questions and developments. Introduction As lockdown restrictions have changed in some countries, many companies have been dealing with partial returns to company premises or so-called hybrid working where employees work from company premises and at home. Obviously Read more »