The UK government has launched a call for evidence to better understand the barriers facing organisations attempting to integrate cybersecurity within operational risk management. Using resources like cyberlaw services from companies like Sidley can help companies who are facing Read more

Cryptocurrency start-up businesses have become of increasing interest to the industry regulator the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according to an investigation by the Financial Times newspaper. The FCA has increased its investigations into digital currency operations by 74 Read more

Southern Water has been fined £3 million in penalties and £123 million in payments to customers, following an investigation by the regulator Ofwat. It is the biggest penalty Ofwat has imposed.

The watchdog found that the company had deliberately Read more

It has been a long time in coming, but the UK government has published extensive plans to tackle the problem of online harm.The government is to establish a new statutory duty of care, which it hopes will make “companies Read more

The Fire Protection Association (FPA) is calling on the government to consider the role that smoke toxicity should play in product approvals before making its final decision on the acceptability of combustible building materials.

The call follows publication of Read more

The day of reckoning arrived for banks, brokers and asset managers this month as Mifid II finally came into force on January 3, 2018.

The Financial Instruments Directive II (Mifid II) – a wide-ranging set of rules that Read more

Over the past few years, fines doled out to companies by regulators have rocketed. Banks, energy companies and others have received record-breaking fines for not following rules. Last year for instance, the US Department of Justice fined BP over Read more