Lexology PRO | Brazil, European Union, France | 9 Nov 2023
A French anti-corruption organisation has reported four financial institutions to France’s National Financial Prosecutor for alleged money laundering offences over their investments in the world’s largest beef companies.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, China, etc. | 2 Oct 2023
Hollywood writers’ strike ends as deal is reached with studios, BNP to track office attendance for London staff, and Spain fines Big Four consulting firms over excessive working hours – plus other key updates.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, European Union, etc. | 19 May 2023
“Eco-friendly” and “green” claims will be banned under proposed EU law, a High Court denies ClientEarth’s claim against Shell, and New York looks to ban new gas stoves and heating – plus other key updates.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, China, India, etc. | 3 May 2023
As financial institutions increasingly integrate ESG into their day-to-day operations, there has been a convergence between anti-money laundering and ESG frameworks, particularly within the “G” pillar of ESG. So what are compliance professionals’ responsibilities when it comes to integrating ESG into anti-money laundering practices?
Lexology PRO | USA | 20 Dec 2022
Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas have joined Citigroup in the Federal Reserve and FDIC doghouse over failings in their resolution plans – as the head of another US regulator calls for an end to what he calls the “preferential treatment” given to foreign banks’ US branches and agencies.
Lexology PRO | Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, etc. | 8 Jun 2021
A look at the UN’s new anti-corruption network, new initiatives and incentives to combat bribery and corruption in the US, and enforcement actions in France, Chad, the UK and the Philippines – plus other key anti-corruption updates.
Lexology PRO | European Union, France, USA | 5 May 2021
France’s central bank said the company’s use of faulty anti-money laundering software hampered its efforts to spot potentially illicit funds.
Littleton Chambers | United Kingdom | 11 Sep 2020
In an important judgment handed down today (reported at [2020] EWHC 2436 (Comm)), the Hon Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled on BNP Paribas SA's claims for…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 24 May 2019
One commercial relationship in fact, two contracts in law: the Court of Appeal considers which agreement governs which disputes when the parties’…
Press release
McKool Smith | USA | 23 May 2019
The law firm of McKool Smith, P.C., and Tobias Barrington Wolff, the Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law…