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In January of this year, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) ruled in on the unduly high remuneration granted to works council members (judgment dated 10 January 2023 – 6 StR...
Author(s): Flavia Lang, Torsten Lauth
On 25 February 2023, Austria’s Whistleblower Protection Act (Act) entered into force. The Act transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive 2019/1937/EU; ‘Directive’) into Austria’s national l...
Author(s): Karin Buzanich-Sommeregger, Agnieszka Branding, Leonhard Prasser
The FCA’s focus on vulnerable customers is longstanding. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing cost of living crisis, and in the run up to the Consumer Duty coming into force this Jul...
Author(s): Piers Reynolds, Emilio Salice, Shania Bhageerutty, Rebecca Freedman
Since our last update on the issue in late February 2023, further decisions on the enforceability of intra-EU investor-State awards came to light. These developments highlight the importance of pursui...
Author(s): Noiana Marigo, Carsten Wendler, Gregorio Pettazzi, Gonzalo Salazar, Daria Karman
Agreement The European Commission has given its consent to the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the UK and the EU on regulatory cooperation in financial services, and the text...
Author(s): Andrew Marsh
On 9 February 2023, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) designated seven Russian individuals, alleged to...
Author(s): Andrew Bulovsky, Ann-Malin Brune, Stephanie Brown Cripps, Laura Feldman, Timothy Howard, Norbert Nolte, Rhodri Thomas
Last week marked the seventh anniversary of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge (the Pledge). The Pledge, established in 2016, seeks to increase, on an equal opportunity basis, the nu...
Author(s): Ashley Jones
On 5 May 2023, the German regulator BaFin issued a press release, informing the public about an update of its circular on so-called multilateral trading facilities (MTF). MTF are multilateral systems,...
Author(s): Jan Struckmann, Marius Raetz