September 2011

Cookies cut? Complying with the UK’s implementation of new EU rules on cookie use | Kemp Little

Mid-July saw the chill winds of EU infringement procedures blow across much of Europe. The European Commission took first steps in proceedings against twenty EU member states for their failure to fully implement into their national laws new telecoms rules that amend Directive 2002/58/EC (the 2002 Directive) in relation to the use of technologies that …

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Anti-corruption: the Indian scenario | Amarchand Mangaldas

Public outcry against corruption is a worldwide phenomenon today. Voices of citizens in India demanding a corruption-free state have also soared to extremely high decibel levels. Recent high-value scams have further contributed to the increased public awareness. Newspapers and television channels have been full of reports pertaining to scams of alleged misappropriation and misapplication worth billions …

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Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Route launched | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

By the time you read this article, the new Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Route will have been available since 9 August 2011. This article looks at the recently published information from the UK Border Agency (UKBA) concerning this route, that has been created to encourage the best and brightest people in the fields of science, …

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Bribery Act raises the bar for global compliance programmes | DLA Piper

On the day that the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) came into force, Richard Alderman, director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), gave an exclusive interview to the Daily Telegraph. In the interview, Mr Alderman set out his hard-line approach and highlighted the SFO’s intention to take a much stronger stance with enforcing the Act …

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The billion pound toxic pool… deal with it, don’t add to it! | Eversheds Sutherland

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has recently published its review of mortgage fraud against lenders, having carried out investigations into the ability of lenders to detect and prevent mortgage fraud. The purpose of the report was to consider how lenders are managing the risk to their businesses of mortgage fraud. The report also estimates that …

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NEC3 – the nuclear engineering contract? | Burges Salmon

It has become the standard suite of construction and engineering contracts in the nuclear decommissioning sector, EDF is currently using it for the early packages at its Hinckley C development in Somerset and Horizon Nuclear Power has been taking soundings from the nuclear supply chain as to its suitability for its proposed new nuclear power …

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