In this episode of Everything Compliance Jonathan Armstrong talks about developments in competition/anti-trust law and GDPR. A recent opinion by an Attorney-General at the ECJ involving Facebook suggests that competition law regulators can take GDPR into account when looking at enforcement? What will this mean for big tech and for other companies? Jonathan also looks Read more »
UK Whistleblowing Update – New Bill Before Parliament
What is this about? A “Protection for Whistleblowing Bill” (“the Bill”) was introduced before the UK Parliament this summer in an attempt to reform the current UK whistleblowing rules. In sum, the Bill seeks to: Establish an Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; Create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and Read more »
Jonathan Armstrong to speak at Relativity Fest in Chicago
Thousands of delegates from the e-discovery and compliance communities attend Relativity Fest every year to discover faster, better ways to work. The conference challenges attendees to rethink how they conduct e-discovery and compliance with engaging panel discussions, hands-on exercises, breakout sessions, and insights from leaders in the industry—from judges and analysts to practitioners from around Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 104 – The Back to School Edition
In this episode of the Everything Compliance podcast Jonathan Armstrong talks about recent changes by Lloyd’s to cyber insurance policies. You can read more on those developments here https://bit.ly/lloydscyber You can listen to the podcast here http://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/episode-104-the-back-to-school-edition/ Office: +44 (0)207 075 1784 jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com
Life with GDPR – Boris Johnson Announces Resignation
In this episode, Jonathan Armstrong and Ton Fox discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement that he will be resigning as British PM when his successor is announced. There’s a focus on what this might mean for the worlds of compliance and the law. Some of the highlights include: The reasons for the resignation. How Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 101 – The Glencore Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins the 101th episode of the Everything Compliance podcast where the theme is bribery and corruption including one of the biggest global bribery cases so far involving Glencore. Jonathan explores the Glencore investigation from the UK perspective. He also looks at the Serious Fraud Office’s prospects of bringing individual prosecutions. And he looks Read more »
Client Alert: Oil bribery cases in the news again
Introduction Bribery has been in the spotlight again in recent weeks with two large UK bribery investigations nearing a close. Glencore The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into Glencore started in June 2019 with the SFO investigating deals in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan. According to the SFO, Glencore’s agents Read more »
Client Alert: 21st Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking at the 21st Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday 17 October 2022. He will be talking about the winners and losers in compliance in the last 12 months and he will be joined again by Mary Shirley and Kris Robidoux. You can find out more Read more »
European Court Rules Class-Action Data Protection Claim Can Be Brought By Consumer Organizations Without Individual Mandate To Do So
Introduction Claims before domestic courts in both the UK and EU countries for compensation for alleged data protection violations continue to be brought. In a recent ruling the European Court decided in the case of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, formerly Facebook Ireland Limited -v- Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V (Case C-319/20) Read more »
UK Modern Slavery Update
Introduction A recent report urges boardrooms to do more to eradicate modern slavery and, although there are some positive findings, the report is quite critical of business’ compliance in this area. This article looks briefly at the report’s highlights. Background Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure and transparency requirements Read more »
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