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2015 predictions for regulators

08 January 2015
Issue: 7635 / Categories: Legal News
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Regulators will continue to behave “increasingly aggressively” in 2015, Linklaters’ global head of dispute resolution, Michael Bennett and his team predict. Bennett says he expects “no sign of a decline in the amount of investigation and enforcement work involving regulatory risk in the coming year”. Global head of environment, Vanessa Havard-Williams predicts a greater focus by companies on due diligence concerning the supply chain and third parties, while, on the environmental front, companies face greater exposure under new UK sentencing guidelines from July with fines capped at £3m.

 

Issue: 7635 / Categories: Legal News
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Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

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Myers & Co—Jess Latham

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NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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