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Multi-Million Pound Risk for Companies That Neglect AML

11th July 2016
New regulatory requirements under the fourth EU Money Laundering Directive (MLD4) will encompass more sectors than ever before. Regardless of the UK’s EU membership, any company providing financial services in the EU will need to comply. John Marsden, Head of ID and Fraud at Equifax, comments on the importance of these new rules and how […]
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Should Companies Pay Data Hacking Ransoms?

11th July 2016
Kidnapping in the 21st century has taken a new form - companies' valuable data. Hackers gain access to data through a company's server or emails and either threaten to disclose it - known as data ransoming - or make it inaccessible with ransomware, a type of malware that can quickly infiltrate and lock down a […]
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Bar Standards Board Welcomes CMA Report into Legal Services

8th July 2016
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) today welcomed the interim report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The BSB looks forward to working with the CMA as they seek to improve competition in the provision of legal services. The BSB agrees with the CMA that individuals and small businesses would benefit from better information about the […]
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Brexit: What You Need to Know About Corporate Criminal Law

7th July 2016
The 4th Anti-money Laundering Directive There’s been a significant number of developments in this space in recent months. We’ve posted articles about the 4th Anti-money Laundering Directive, and a series of related issues. UK legislation to implement the Directive via new Money Laundering Regulations should be in place before June 2017, if not before the end of the year. There […]
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Pension Confusion Set to Leave Lawyers Unprepared for Retirement

7th July 2016
More than half of lawyers (58%) don’t understand the key features of a pension Three quarters of lawyers (72%) don’t know how much to set aside for a comfortable life in retirement The amount of money lawyers expect to need in retirement has risen since 2014 – from £35,678* to £36,852 A quarter (25%) incorrectly […]
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Court Of Appeal Upholds ISP Blocking Orders Against Counterfeit Websites

6th July 2016
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s landmark 2014 decisions in Cartier [1] to grant an injunction against internet service providers which required them to block access to certain websites which sell counterfeit goods. The claimants (together ‘Cartier’), are the owners of trade marks for CARTIER and MONTBLANC (used for luxury watches and […]
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How to Stay Safe When Using Public Wi-Fi

6th July 2016
The travel season is here. Many travellers are using their mobile devices during their trips, and most take advantage of public Wi-Fi offered at hotels, airports, restaurants and city streets. While numbers of people using public Wi-Fi continue to climb, the amount of online scams and hackings is increasing at the same - if not […]
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Royal Expansion for Alternative Business Structure Law Firm

6th July 2016
In 2012 CG Naylor LLP (formerly Crabtree Law) made waves as one of the UK’s first newly formed Alternative Business Structure (ABS) law firms. Featured by The Guardian, Legal Futures and Legal Week at the time, it was an innovative experiment in the legal industry. Where once the jury was still out as to whether […]
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California Introduces New Gun Laws & Bans

5th July 2016
Over the last few months, and following the recent Orlando massacre, gun violence and weapons law has been highly in debate throughout the US. Now authorities in California have introduced a range of new laws designed to prevent mass shootings by seizing guns from those considered a danger to others or themselves and banning large […]
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Virginia Introduces Law to Stop Under-Age Marriage

5th July 2016
Youtube prankster Coby Persin recently took to Times Square to photograph himself and his ‘wife’, who was 12 years old, in order to raise awareness of the long-standing legality of young marriage in Virginia. As a result, New Yorkers were stunned at the obscenity, and thus the state of Virginia has now passed a bill […]
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