Rekha Cooke, a partner at Kennedys, talks about the Financial Conduct Authority's reforms of the senior managers regime, telling Law360 that businesses should treat the reforms as a reason to strengthen their internal controls.
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Interview

Kennedys' Rekha Cooke On The FCA Senior Managers Regime

By Alex Davidson

Rekha Cooke, a partner at Kennedys, talks about the Financial Conduct Authority's reforms of the senior managers regime, telling Law360 that businesses should treat the reforms as a reason to strengthen their internal controls.

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Analysis

Carmakers Gear Up For Once-In-A-Generation Dieselgate Trial

By Joanne Faulkner

One of the biggest and most complex group claim trials ever seen in the High Court will open Monday as more than a million motorists try to prove that major car manufacturers equipped their vehicles with devices designed to cheat emissions rules.

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Standards Setter FSB Issues Warning On AI Monitoring Gaps

By Tom Fish

National regulators must improve their monitoring of the adoption of artificial intelligence in the financial sector, a global standards setter urged on Friday, as unchecked exposure to the technology might expose critical vulnerabilities.

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Glazing Firm Boss Avoids Prison For COVID Loan Fraud

By Tom Fish

A court has handed a 22-month suspended prison sentence to a businessman who fraudulently obtained two loans from the state-backed COVID-19 pandemic-era bounce-back scheme and used the proceeds for gambling and cryptocurrency investments, the Insolvency Service has said.

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LITIGATION

Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.

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Agent Blames Law Firm For Bungled £1.1M Property Sale

By William Janes

An agent has blamed a law firm for a bungled £1.1 million ($1.5 million) real estate deal that ended with the lawyers settling a negligence case, as she denied allegations that she intentionally tried to sell a property she did not have the rights to.

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Google Trims Price Comparison Site's Competition Claim

By Ronan Barnard

Google pared down a price-comparison website company's claim that accused it of abusing its dominant market position at a London tribunal Friday, after the tech giant argued that it has a "cast iron" defense against it.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What Draft AML Reforms Mean For UK Financial Sector

HM Treasury’s recently published draft regulations amending the U.K. Money Laundering Regulations, although not as material as expected, are a step toward a targeted risk-based approach, which the industry will welcome, say lawyers at Ropes & Gray.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 New Square

A&O Shearman

Bird & Bird

Blake Morgan LLP

Brick Court Chambers

Bristows LLP

Bryan Cave

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clifford Chance

Constantine Law Ltd

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

Edwin Coe

Gatehouse Chambers

Gowling WLG

Hausfeld LLP

Hill Dickinson

Howard Kennedy LLP

Hunters Law

Kennedys Law LLP

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Leigh Day

Mishcon de Reya

Monckton Chambers

Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

Pinsent Masons

Pogust Goodhead

Quinn Emanuel

Ropes & Gray

Shakespeare Martineau

Shoosmiths LLP

TLT LLP

Taylor Wessing

Walker Morris LLP

Weightmans LLP

Wiggin LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA SA

AXA XL Ltd.

Court of Arbitration for Sport

Deutsche Bank AG

EE Ltd.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Fort Point Capital

Google LLC

Groupe PSA

International Finance Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Micron Technology Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

S&P Global Inc.

Sky PLC

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Virgin Media Inc.

Volkswagen AG

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. Ltd.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition Appeal Tribunal

European Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Stability Board

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

UK High Court