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The Challenge of Integration of Regulation: Sub-sets of Financial Services

This article will look at the growth of regulation in the financial services industry in the EU. It will show how from fragmentation, there has been a move towards integration...Read more

Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
FOSS Governance Programs: Why do You Need One?

Free and Open Source Software (“FOSS”) has been an established part of software coding for some time. In the words of “FOSSCON 2017”:
In the early days FOSS was primarily...Read more

Michelle Carusone
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., USA
Is Your Data Protected? A Look at Cybersecurity Regulations in the US and EU


In recent years, cybersecurity has become one of the largest issues facing senior management and boards of directors in regulated industries. As technology progresses and the sophistication of hackers has...Read more
Stephen Shine
Chief Regulatory Counsel, Prudential Financial, USA

Renee Wilson
Paralegal, Prudential Financial, USA
Why a Miami Federal Court Ruling Could Affect ADA Compliance Across the US and is the Business World Watching?
A two day bench trial in Miami this past June resulted in a Federal Court ruling the entire business world should pay attention to. This Miami case was on the...Read more

Erika Cappiello
In-house Counsel, South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union, USA
In-house Legal Department: A cost generating support function or a profitability centre?
In-house legal teams, considered for a very very long time as the biggest enemy of the financial targets of salespeople, innovation teams, marketing gurus...., become day by day their closest...Read more
Ekin Sungur
Head of Legal, BNP Paribas Cardif, Turkey
The European Single Market Post-Brexit: Managing The Barriers
The legal framework on which European based investment businesses operate is based predominantly on European Union (EU) legislation. For example:
• Property Casualty insurance - the applicable regulatory regime is primarily based...Read more

Maeve Verdon
Associate General Counsel, AIG Asset Management (Europe) Limited, Ireland
Organizational Compliance Failures Quickly Become a Legal Problem

Legal and compliance are two essential functions in any contemporary organizational structure. The specific relationship between these two functions, including reporting lines and division of responsibilities, may well vary depending...Read more
Bruce Ortwine
General Counsel (retired), Americas; Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance (Retired), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., USA
Shift your Culture from 'That’s the way we’ve always done it' to 'This is how we can do it!'
Legal departments in every industry and of every size are increasingly focused on how they can drive innovation and creativity amongst their teams to achieve better outcomes. BMO Financial Group...Read more

Carla Goldstein
Associate General Counsel and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Bank of Montreal, Canada
Shift your Culture from 'That’s the way we’ve always done it' to
'This is how we can do it!'
Legal departments in every industry and of every size are increasingly focused on how they can drive innovation and creativity amongst their teams to achieve better outcomes. BMO Financial Group...Read more

Bindu Cudjoe
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Technology & Operations Legal and Chief Knowledge Officer, Bank of Montreal, Canada
Employees’ Data Protection in the Workplace and its Legal Implications A Comparative Overview of EU’s Legal Framework.
It is often argued that protection of employees' data and privacy is one of the key issues of employment relationships. Recent advanced technologies have provided the employer with vast opportunities...Read more