On December 11, Matt Diehr, Kyle Gilster, and Rebecca Furdek presented this month’s session in Husch Blackwell’s Government Enforcement, Compliance & Investigations webinar series. They highlighted the capabilities of the firm’s State Attorney’s General practice through a robust discussion about trends in multistate litigation. The presentation focused on enforcement trends in consumer protection and antitrust as well as the tension with federal enforcement–both when the states “fill the gaps” in federal enforcement and when the states sue the federal government. … Read the rest
I. Introduction
In recent years, following a period of explosive growth, China’s internet industry has gradually entered a stage of stock competition. Driven by intense internal performance metrics and the lure of substantial financial gain, cases of employees exploiting their positions, system vulnerabilities, or management deficiencies to commit crimes to seek illicit profits have become increasingly common. Such incidents not only inflict significant economic losses on companies but also severely erode corporate culture and business credibility. For internet enterprises, establishing a … Read the rest
1. Final rules expected on non-financial misconduct: The genesis of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) interest in “non-financial misconduct” was a letter from the FCA to the Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee in September 2018 concerning sexual harassment in the workplace. Since that time, the FCA’s intentions and views on the topic have only been ascertainable through its Final Notices and Upper Tribunal decisions. Usually relating to serious misconduct, including criminal offences, those decisions have not always … Read the rest