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Global Investigations Bulletin (April 2022) In the April 2022 edition of our Global Investigations Bulletin, we discuss the UK’s enforcement of financial sanctions and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. Recent publications Evolution not revolution: The ... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - April 2022 Developments in this month's edition include: CRD IV - ECB Decision on the exclusion of staff members from the presumption of having a material impact on risk profile published in OJ Climate-related and environmental risks disclosures - ECB publis... FX collective proceedings: analysing the CAT's certification and carriage judgment Competition Appeal Tribunal hands down its judgment in respect of competing applications for a collective proceedings order, based on the European Commission’s Forex settlement decisions.  1. Overview On 31 March 2022, the Competition Appea... Pensions Bulletin - March 2022 GMP equalisation: transfers and conversion: conflict in Ukraine; accessing flexible benefits; illiquid assets; PLSA Stewardship and Voting Guidelines; new notification requirements for DB schemes In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we cover: HMRC... GMP equalisation: Transfers, conversion and tax: An update On 6 April 2022, HMRC issued their third newsletter on GMP equalisation, giving helpful guidance on how transfer top-ups fit with the tax regime, and a welcome update and some limited guidance on conversion. Summary On 6 April 2022, HMRC issued their th... BLOG: NFTs: a new kind of minting for the UK Mint Despite acknowledging that "there isn’t even consensus on what the implications of crypto are… when or whether we’re going to reach some kind of steady state… or even whether crypto itself is a good thing", Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen&nbs... Floating offshore wind: buoyant times ahead Floating offshore wind is predicted to play a critical role in long-term global decarbonisation efforts in the next decade. Globally, there is extensive competition as market participants move to take up strategic positions and seek to capture market shar... Revolution or evolution? The European Commission consults on revised horizontal guidelines and block exemptions The European Commission has published draft texts of the revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Horizontal Guidelines for public consultation. The review process aims to update the instruments to reflect developments like the ongoing digi... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 18 In this issue: Post-Lloyd Developments; ICO's Enforcement Actions Under Scrutiny, Soriano v Forensic News LLC; Regulator Guidance; ICO Enforcement Overview; EU GDPR Enforcement Overview; Views from... the Middle East; Data Privacy at Slaughter and May... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: CJ clarifies double jeopardy principles On 22 March 2022 the European Court of Justice clarified the scope of the protection afforded by the prohibition against double jeopardy in two rulings – one in the context of proceedings between the Belgian competition authority and bpost SA, and o...