The Division of Enforcement's new Climate and ESG Task Force will use data analysis to mine and evaluate registrant information for possible violations.

On 21 December 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed in a published Policy Statement.

On December 7, 2016, the Italian Constitutional Court rejected on appeal the claim that the new state incentives scheme, which applies retrospectively to the renewable energy sector, was unconstitutional.

Pursuant to s.14(2) of the German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Act (Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz) (the Act) the term of an employment contract may be fixed without a particular reason for up to two years, provided that the other conditions for fixing the term are met.

As previously detailed in The Working World, Issue 8, June 2010, the misclassification of an individual service provider as an independent contractor or an employee can have serious implications for employers.

Anthropic is one of the world's leading AI companies through its LLM Claude. Latham & Watkins is one of the world's leading law firms. Mix them together, and you end up with today's latest cautionary tale of over-reliance on AI by lawyers.

On September 30, 2011, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance issued a landmark decision concerning the rights of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong.

The Indian Ministry of Law and Justice has declared that arbitral awards made in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) may be recognized and enforced by Indian courts. This will come into effect once the Indian Central Government has provided notification in the Official Gazette.

In a UK multi-employer pension plan, when a participating employer ceases to participate in the plan at a time when one or more of the other employers continue to participate (which in this context means continuing to employ active members who are accruing benefits under the plan).

The principles are intended to guide the industry's engagement with policymakers concerning the ongoing economic transition away from carbon.

Following a two-year investigation, Tesco PLC has announced that its subsidiary Tesco Stores Limited had agreed in principle the terms of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the UK Serious Fraud Office.

Key changes to the Protective Cost Order regime (PCO) came into force on 28 February 2017, which could directly limit the ability of individuals and organisations to bring environmental-related legal challenges in England and Wales.

As the current crypto boom has progressed, it seemed Decentralized Finance (DeFi) had cemented its position as the dominant new narrative of this cycle.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) released new guidelines (the Guidelines) on the issuance of green bonds on March 2, 2017...

Companies that operate in the "gig economy", using a largely self-employed workforce, have enjoyed enormous growth in recent years but in the UK, these companies have come into conflict with long-established UK employment law.

On 7 December 2020, the UK House of Lords voted on and passed four amendments to the Trade Bill (the Bill), including two amendments referring to human rights obligations

Welcome to the first edition of our monthly Middle East & Africa Technology, IP and Sourcing Focus — your source for know-how, recent news and developments in technology, intellectual property and sourcing across the Middle East and Africa.

Three delegated acts that supplement the EU Benchmarks Regulation will come into force on 23 December 2020.

SEC relief streamlines noncustodial settlement of digital asset trades, but broker-dealer custody is still off-limits.

On September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, which will have sweeping implications for the oil and gas industry, automakers, low-carbon fuel producers...