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Client Alert: NYSBA annual meeting New York – 27 January 2020

January 11, 2020

Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking on Brexit at the prestigious New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York on Monday 27th January. The New York State Bar Association is the largest voluntary bar association in the US. Founded in 1876, the association counts two former Presidents of the US amongst its alumni. Read more »

Client Alert: PC World owner fined after data breach

January 9, 2020

Today the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced that it had fined DSG Retail Ltd, the owner of a number of well-known retailers including PC World, £500,000 after a data breach. It is important to remember that this is a fine under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) the previous Read more »

UK government 2019 annual modern slavery report

January 7, 2020

Introduction In the autumn last year the UK government (through the Home Office) issued its “2019 Annual Report on Modern Slavery”, which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/840059/Modern_Slavery_Report_2019.pdf. This article sets out some of the key points made in the report. What is UK modern slavery compliance all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Read more »

Blog: Is the BA Fine in the Departure Lounge?

January 6, 2020

Last week we talked about the UK’s first fine under GDPR. You can read our alert on that here https://www.corderycompliance.com/first-uk-gdpr-fine/. We mentioned in that alert that the two big Notices of Intent against BA and Marriott were not fines just yet and that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had extended its time to deal with Read more »

Client Alert: First UK GDPR fine

January 2, 2020

In late December the UK Data Protection Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), announced its first fine under GDPR. The fine was at the lower end of the scale after Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd., a company running a pharmacy based in Edgware in London, was fined £275,000. The ICO also issued an Enforcement Notice against the Read more »

Client Alert: German Telecom Provider 1&1 Telecom receives €9.55m Fine for GDPR Breach

December 10, 2019

In what is one of the largest GDPR fines to date the German Federal Data Protection Authority (BfDI) has fined the telecommunications service provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH €9.55m. What was this about? Under GDPR organisations are obliged to put in place adequate technical and organisational measures (TOMs) to prevent unauthorised access to personal data. In Read more »

Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2020

December 5, 2019

Cordery are once again proud to be sponsoring the LexisNexis Legal Awards. You can access the website here: https://www.lexisnexislegalawards.co.uk/ehome/legalawards/home/ Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong presented the 2019 award for Legal PR/Media Comms to the Bar Council at a spectacular gala dinner at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane last year.

Client Alert: UK Court orders Alstom to pay £15 million in bribery case

November 27, 2019

Introduction Following a prosecution brought by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”), this month a UK court ordered Alstom’s UK entity to pay UK £15 million (USD $19 million) and UK £1.4 million (USD $1.8 million) in costs after being convicted for making corrupt payments to secure an infrastructure contract in Tunisia between 2000 Read more »

Client Alert: European Court of Justice Cookies Consent Ruling

November 25, 2019

Introduction In October 2019 the European Court of Justice rejected pre-ticked boxes as a valid means of consent for cookies. Instead, under the EU E-privacy rules and GDPR, an individual must clearly affirm, by appropriate means, that they consent to cookies, such as ticking/checking an unticked/unchecked box. What’s the case about? In the case of Read more »