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On 3 March 2011, Clifford Chance published a client briefing "Sanctions affecting Libya" outlining the first regulations with sanction provisions relating to the current situation in Libya. Since then, on 17 March 2011, the United Nations Security Council...

On 17 March 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution UNSCR 1973 (2011) concerning the situation in Libya and authorising 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians and civilian populated areas.

Vendredi 16 septembre 2011, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations-Unies a adopté la résolution 2009 (2011) qui prend note des récents développements en Libye et annonce un certain nombre de mesures tendant à soutenir...

On 14 December 2011, the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of specific money laundering prohibitions in the Dutch Criminal Code ("DCC") was marked. Just two weeks before the conversion to the euro a new, broadly defined offence was implemented...

Recently the Financial Action Task Force has published the report of the mutual evaluation of the Netherlands, assessing its level of compliance with the FATF requirements for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. It describes and analyses...

On 18 October, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) published draft regulations amending the regulatory structure for annual reporting by companies incorporated in the UK. The amendments include a new obligation for quoted companies to include...

Compared with legal regimes for combating bribery and corruption—which entail heavy penalties—recent measures to tackle business related human rights impacts look "soft". But does this mean there is no pressure to comply?

On April 1, 2011, in a rare judicial ruling on the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a US District Court in California confirmed that employees of state-owned or state-controlled entities (SOE) can be included in the term "foreign official."...

US sanctions against Myanmar have been eased but with new opportunities come new obligations. All US Persons making significant new investments in Myanmar will be required to report annually on a range of responsible investment criteria, including steps taken...

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