Risk & Compliance

Articles

Fresh calls on regulator to give clearer steer over OFR

Law firms have responded coolly to the SRA's attempt to reassure the profession over the impact of outcomes-focused regulation, calling on the regulator to give a clearer steer on how it intends to apply the new code of conduct.

Avoiding conflicts: How to manage conflicts of interest

Chris Perrin, executive partner and general counsel at Clifford Chance, discusses how law firms can effectively manage conflicts of interest

Business process management can improve firm efficiency and client care

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

The Bribery Act may be upcoming, but the FCPA is in full swing

By Edward J Kelly, Co-head of Intellectual Property, Siam Premier International

Where does the final guidance on the Bribery Act leave us?

By Nick Benwell, Head of Crime, Fraud & Investigations, Simmons & Simmons

The proposed changes to the 'no win, no fee' system are hugely naïve

By Nicholas Jervis, Founder, Samson Consulting

Regulatory sanctions against solicitors back on the rise

The number of solicitors with conditions on their practising certificates has risen 47 per cent over a year from 148 in the second quarter of 2010 to 218 at the end of the first quarter of 2011, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's latest quarterly report.

An RMP can bring a greater degree of structure to the whole practice

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates