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Tailoring courses has just become a whole lot easier. If you’ve ever wanted to customise your organisation’s online training, there’s a good chance you’ve experienced long forms to complete, having to scour long documents and mark up changes, or cumbersome editing tools that require hours of training. Our team has worked tirelessly to build an in-browser editing tool that allows you to make changes to your courses in real-time.
For the first time, you can now tailor your e-learning directly within the course. Edits are clearly visible as you make them and results can easily be shared with your colleagues via a unique link. Learn more here.
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Living dangerously.
It is 1971, on a sultry June evening in the Long Island suburbs of New York, and I am poised to parade down the aisle in my elementary school graduation ceremony. I glanced enviously at my classmates, slick haired boys crammed into their suits, girls decked in frilly pastel dress like shiny hot dogs encased in starchy buns, tapping out a nervous staccato rhythm with their dress shoes. They look back at me, giving me the once over with a mixture of pity and wonder reflected in their incredulous eyes. I flash them a fake brave smile, wondering if they can hear the pounding of my heart over the crackly noises spilling out over the faulty PA system.
On cue, the solemn notes of Elgar’s pomp and circumstance fill the air, snapping me out of my reverie and imposing the gravity of the occasion on the waiting crowd. As we shuffle forward toward the podium, I start to panic that I have made a huge mistake – and my eyes dart to the auditorium’s emergency exits as I consider making a run for it. But locked into position like a shackled prisoner between my fellow inmates, I have no choice but to keep moving forward until I am in full frontal view of the firing squad.
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The Law Society of Scotland just released its annual anti-money laundering (AML) report and the agency notes that it is an indicator of the “breadth and depth of its AML work undertaken in the public interest.”
The agency acknowledges that its goal is to build a Scottish legal sector effectively engaged with the issues around AML and which understands its risks and obligations. The hope is that this will compel its members to implement compliant policies, controls and procedures (PCPs) which will lead to a reduction in financial crime in Scotland.
Among the report’s key findings are areas that require improvement in understanding and underlying compliance.
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In a landmark ruling, Lycamobile’s French companies have been fined a total of €10m by a Paris court for their involvement in money laundering and VAT fraud. The case also saw the group’s former CEO, Christopher Tooley, receiving a prison sentence and a substantial fine for his role in the VAT fraud scheme.
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On 27 October 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) met in Paris and added EU member state Bulgaria to the grey list. This has been described as a shock to many, but the country has been mired in political corruption scandals in recent years. The UAE was also commended for its progress in improving its AML deficiencies, and seems set to be removed from the grey list at the next plenary in February 2024.
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In the fast-evolving landscape of workplace diversity, the issue of neurodiversity discrimination has emerged as a pressing concern. Recent data reveals that employment tribunals have witnessed a significant uptick in cases involving allegations of neurodiversity discrimination, with a staggering 102 cases reported in the past year. Even as organisations are increasingly aware of the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce and the competitive edge that this can bring, paying lip service with empty words policies is not enough: organisations must adopt proactive measures to ensure the well-being and fair treatment of neurodivergent employees.
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A drastic rise in reported cases of bed bugs in Paris has caused panic to spread to the UK. Since then, cases in major cities across Britain have emerged, with London, Luton and Manchester all reporting sightings of bed bugs in recent weeks.
While they don’t spread disease, bed bugs can be notoriously hard to get rid of and can cause significant physical discomfort, as well as psychological stress. Over recent years, bed bugs have become more resistant to insecticides, making most over-the-counter treatments redundant. And with an increase in travel after the pandemic, the bed bug population has the perfect opportunity to multiply.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) recently-released template for client and matter risk assessments is just the beginning of a firm’s assessment journey with its clients and matters. The templates were created to guide firms and help them understand the SRA’s requirements and expectations and, significantly, how to comply with them.
The template highlights the questions firms should be asking, how important it is to maintain documentation and that firms need to record their considerations.
In light of the SRA template, how does a firm build a client and matter risk assessment process that works?
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In a session on anticipated increased AML regulations at the Law Society’s recent Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference 2023, the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) representative made an announcement: The agency would be releasing a client and matter risk assessment template.
Anyone attending the conference could hear the sighs of relief from the participants, many of whom are in charge of compliance for their firms.
The template is now available and it could make a huge difference in how law firms manage their client and matter risk.
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