Archive for February 2012
British Russian Law Association celebrates a successful 2011
The Annual General Meeting of The British Russian Law Association (BRLA) took place at The Reform Club in London last night. At this well attended event, the re-elected Chairman Professor Bill Bowring thanked Rupert D’Cruz for his tireless and unselfish efforts during his 20 years as a leader of the organisation. Robert Brown, partner, Corker Binning was also re-elected as Vice-Chairman of the Association.
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FSA restructuring – what implications for financial crime prosecutions?
On 15 February 2012, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced that the managing director of its conduct business unit, Margaret Cole, will leave the financial regulator at the end of March. Her exit follows a number of departures of senior staff from the FSA as the coalition government continues to implement its policy to restructure the way in which the financial industry in the UK is regulated. So what is the shape of things to come?
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Advertising and trading in the Olympic Event Zones – tough regulations now in force
The Olympic Games and Paralympics Games (Advertising and Trading) (England) Regulations for the London 2012 Olympics are now in force. These regulations control advertising and trading in and around “event zones” during certain periods whilst the events take place. The regulations are aimed at preventing “ambush marketing” in order to protect the Olympic sponsors who have invested over £700 million in sponsorship thus far. Ambush marketing is essentially where a company or an individual associates their product or service with a particular sporting event – in this case the Olympics – without paying for the rights to do so.
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