Topic
Penalties
122 published works
Criminal
“Expanding Criminal Legal Systems Through Traffic Enforcement: A Lost History”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Jordan Blair Woods. Here is its abstract:Many cities, villages, and towns rely…
SmarTrade
CFIUS Issues Final Rule Enhancing Enforcement and Penalty Regulations
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Kristina Shcheglazova*
On November 18, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), as Chair of the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), issued a final rule to enhance…
Banking, Finance and Securities
ESMA final report on CSDR penalty mechanism
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Floortje Nagelkerke (NL)
On 19 November 2024, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a final report containing technical advice on the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalty mechanism. Background The CSDR…
Pensions and Benefits
Is £1 Million Enough?
It’s Yorkshire Day on 1 August and, when I was thinking about this blog, the stereotype of a stingy Yorkshireman came to mind. Not because I think Yorkshire folk are…
Employment Law Lookout
California Employers — Brace Yourselves; Rules and Penalties are Coming for “Enterprise-wide and Egregious” Violations
By Patrick D. Joyce and Ilana Morady Seyfarth Synopsis: A new rulemaking is underway at the California Department of Industrial Relations that will allow Cal/OSHA to cite employers for “enterprise-wide and egregious” violations, implementing…
Internet & Social Media Law Blog
The UK Introduces Tougher Penalties for Consumer Protection Breaches
In May 2024 the UK passed the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC). Amongst other changes, the DMCC grants the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new powers…
California Employment Law
California Supreme Court Holds Good Faith Defense Precludes Penalties for Wage Statement Noncompliance
By Steven Gallagher, Fox Rothschild LLP
In a significant victory for employers, the California Supreme Court recently held that if an employer reasonably and in good faith believed it was providing complete and accurate wage statements…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
$400K Fine Proposed for Noncompliant USF Worksheets
The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing a $400,000 fine against Telco Experts, LLC (Telco) for failing to comply with Telecommunications Reporting Worksheets (Worksheets) requirements…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Supreme Court Confirms the “Knowing and Intentional” Standard of California’s Wage Statement Law Requires a “Knowing and Intentional” Violation
By Raymond Nhan
In Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, the case’s second appearance before the California Supreme Court in two years, the Supreme Court confirmed that an employer does not incur civil penalties…
International Compliance Blog
A Round-Up of Recent Changes to OFSI Financial Sanctions Guidance
By Alexandra Melia, Elliot Letts
This month has seen HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) roll out a new FAQ guidance format, as well as update a number of its existing guidance documents.…