The move is aimed at asserting Manila’s exclusive rights to resources in the Western Palawan region.
What the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive means in practice
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is a transformational piece of legislation, which revises previous EU rules concerning the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information corporate entities must report on.
UK general election 2024: pledges relevant to energy sector businesses
The energy sector will be hugely impacted by the upcoming UK general election, with organisations already working hard to establish what next month’s result will mean for them in policy terms and sector support.
Fire at Malaysia’s Genting Highlands theme park sparks evacuations: ‘we panicked’
Flames were seen raging from the SkyAvenue shopping centre at the Genting SkyWorlds Theme Park on Friday.
Business backed in withholding data in subject access request response
A court has rejected a bid by a prominent UK businessman to force a gardening company he engaged with to disclose the identity of people given access to recordings of conversations he had with the gardening company’s owner.
New law to digitise mass proceedings in Germany
The German Ministry of Justice has published a draft law to digitise proceedings before the civil courts. According to the envisaged new rules, citizens will be able to file lawsuits with a low value in dispute online.
Indonesia steps up crackdown on online gambling after spate of gruesome deaths
The president asked all Indonesians to “monitor each other, and also report if there are any indications of online gambling”, admitting it was not easy to curb gambling due to its “cross-border nature”.
Charges brought over alleged renewables corruption
A renewables company has been charged in the UK with failing to prevent bribery in a case concerning the alleged bribery by one of the company’s directors of a foreign public official.
US lawmakers to meet Dalai Lama on India trip next week
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among a group of US lawmakers visiting Dharamsala – where the 88-year-old Tibetan monk lives in exile – on June 18 and 19.
EU sustainability reporting requirements pose issues and opportunities for general counsel
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) regime is extensive and will pose a number of legal and regulatory issues for general counsel (GC) and in-house legal teams to address.