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EU Corporate Due Diligence Bill Would Affect Thousands of Companies

The new EU-wide law would require companies to monitor, prevent and account for adverse human rights and environmental impacts in their own operations, as well as those of their subsidiaries and their entire supply chains.
3 minute read

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So Long, 2021: What the Year Ahead Holds for Law Firm Data Security

Vulnerability makes us dependent on others, and as the start of this decade has shown, we are all vulnerable to varying degrees. The best way to protect those inherent parts of systems and processes exposed to manipulation and misdirection is cooperation in building resilient systems.
5 minute read

International Edition

When It Comes to ESG, You're Only as Strong as Your Weakest Link

Lawyers have a key role to play in spotting—and addressing—weak links in ESG while doing due diligence.
5 minute read

International Edition

Relationship Woes and Briefcase Blows: The London Lawyer Briefing

A&O's love-in with Credit Suisse has hit the ropes, while two U.K. firms are mulling a relationship of their own this week.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Pandora Papers Could Happen Again: Many Firms Still Aren't Prioritizing Cybersecurity

Even after high-profile law firm data breaches, limited resources and the assumption that hackers wouldn't possibly target them is still a persuasive belief among some firms, observers say.
5 minute read

International Edition

How China's Bilateral Investment Treaty Obligations Could Limit the Impact of its Anti-Foreign Sanction Law

In an era of competing sanction regimes, bilateral investment treaties could be a lifesaver for companies that are targeted by China's anti-foreign sanction law, two Kobre & Kim lawyers say.
6 minute read

International Edition

Swiss Bank Agrees to Pay $80 Million for Involvement in FIFA Money Laundering Scheme

A Swiss bank laundered more than $35 million in bribe payments through the United States as part of "a scheme in which sports marketing companies bribed soccer officials in exchange for broadcasting rights to soccer matches," according to court documents in the case in Brooklyn federal court.
2 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon Launches New Department With Double Partner Hire

The new hires include a Big Law fintech and data privacy partner and an IP specialist.
3 minute read

International Edition

Will Malaysia's First MACC Corporate Liability Charge Set the Tone for Future Financial Crime Cases?

An offshore vessel services company became the first in Malaysia to be charged with a newly introduced provision that imposes corporate liability on both public and private companies whose employees are involved in corruption.
4 minute read

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Hong Kong Still a Great Place for Business but Rule of Law at Risk, Says New Bar Association Chair

Despite personal attacks directed at him from China, Paul Harris says he wants to have more of a dialogue with Beijing and work to amend the national security law.
7 minute read

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