1. China Legal Risk Analysis
I have lately been doing a fair amount of what I call legal risk analysis for companies that do business in or with China. This mostly consists of my looking at the legal positioning of
International
United States Announces Formation of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
On May 23, 2022, the United States and several allies in the Asia-Pacific-India region announced the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) to pursue regional economic engagement. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo stated, “This framework will enable…
“Do I have to go through the Hague?”
The Peace Palace, centerpiece of The Hague.
Let’s dig a little deeper into what that query truly means, because some variation of it pops into my inbox at least once or twice a month, from litigators…
European Commission consults on BMR third-country benchmarks regime
On 23 May 2022, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation on the regime applicable to the use of benchmarks administered in a third country . The Commission takes note of the fact that the current regime for third-country…
US SEC administrative tribunals held unconstitutional
In a watershed opinion, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s system of in-house administrative tribunals is unconstitutional.
Read our full update here.
Regulation Tomorrow podcast – Australian wrap up
The first instalment in our new Regulation Tomorrow podcast series, the Australian wrap up, is now available to stream and download.
In this month’s episode Jon Ireland, Ray Giblett and Timothy Chan take a deeper dive on some of the…
The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (No. 175)
On 19 May 2022, there was published on the legislation.gov.uk website The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022.
The Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 37(2) and (3)(c)…
FPC updates document on the framework for the systemic risk buffer
On 23 May 2022, the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) updated the document covering its framework for the systemic risk buffer. The update has been made to reflect the changes made by the FPC to the Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SII)…
UK authorities look to strengthen resilience of MMFs
Introduction
On 23 May 2022, the FCA, jointly with the Bank of England, published Discussion Paper 22/1 ‘Resilience of Money Market Funds’ (DP22/1). At the same time the FCA published Finalised Guidance 22/3 ‘Finalised Guidance (non-Handbook) on parts of the…
Pandemic Work from Home Arrangements Lead to an Increase in Harassment Claims
We are pleased to share a recent The Hill Times article, “Cyberbullying more common for adults than children during pandemic, say experts,” with quotes from Andrew Shaw. This article discusses adults who work in fields related to COVID-19 have been…