Categoria: Notícias

  Victims of "modern slavery" are to become eligible for compensation and reparations from their traffickers, in recognition of the exploitation and loss of dignity they have suffered, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce.   The new reparation orders for victims of slavery and trafficking are to be included in May's modern slavery bill, which is to be published next week as part of the Queen's speech.   The courts will have to consider making reparation orders against traffickers and "slave drivers" in all cases where the offenders have assets available. The bill will explicitly require judges to give their reasons when no reparation order is made.   Ministers believe this will be far more effective than the little-used power that enables victims to obtain compensation orders for personal injury,…

  La Sala de Gobierno del Tribunal Supremo ha elaborado un informe muy crítico con el anteproyecto de nueva Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial (LA LEY 1694/1985) (LOPJ) elaborado por el Ministerio de Justicia en el que se plantean dudas de constitucionalidad respecto de algunos preceptos, como el de jurisprudencia vinculante de este órgano, mientras que considera que otros condicionan la independencia judicial "pese al énfasis con que la proclama".   Este informe, que ya ha sido remitido al Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ), deberá ser tenido en cuenta por este órgano para realizar su informe preceptivo, previo a la remisión del proyecto a las Cortes. El órgano de gobierno de los jueces ya tiene sobre a mesa otros informes sobre esta reforma realizados por las asociaciones de jueces que la…

  An administrative proceeding filed against SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven A. Cohen by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be put on hold because prosecutions of his former employees aren’t fully resolved, the government told an agency judge.   The SEC filed its case against Cohen last year, alleging he failed to supervise former hedge fund managers Mathew Martoma and Michael Steinberg and ignored indications that they illegally traded stocks based on confidential information. Both men were convicted after separate federal trials in Manhattan.   The federal judge who presided over Steinberg’s case “acknowledged the possibility” that Steinberg’s conviction could be overturned after two other portfolio managers found guilty in a related case appealed their convictions in April. In a letter yesterday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown asked Brenda P. Murray,…

  El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado el Proyecto de Ley por el que se modifica la Ley de Sociedades de Capitalcon el fin de mejorar el gobierno corporativo de las empresas.   El texto fue sometida a trámite de audiencia tras su aprobación por el Gobierno en primera vuelta el pasado diciembre e incorpora las propuestas de modificaciones normativas planteadas por la Comisión de Expertos en materia de Gobierno Corporativo. Esta comisión fue creada por Acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros de 10 de mayo de 2013 con el objetivo de elaborar un estudio sobre las mejores prácticas en materia de gobierno corporativo e impulsar las iniciativas al respecto y desarrolla por la Orden ECC/895/2014, del 21 del mismo mes.   La Comisión publicó sus conclusiones el pasado 14 de octubre e incorporó como anexo una serie de propuestas…

  [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rejected [ruling, PDF] on Friday challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) [official website] plan to expand broadband Internet service to rural areas. The FCC's plan is a $4.5 billion program which subsidizes high-speed Internet services in high-cost rural areas. The challengers of the FCC plan included many phone companies such AT&T and Verizon Wireless. It has been reported [New York Times report] that the phone companies fear that the FCC program will reduce profits as calls move from different carriers within low populated areas. Upon review, however, the federal appeals court upon believed that the phone companies arguments were "either unpersuasive or barred from judicial review." FCC spokeswoman Kim Heart stated in regards to the approval of Internet expansion to all Americans, "[w]ith today's across-the-board affirmance…

  La consultora bilbaína Informa consulting, especializada encompliance o cumplimiento normativo, ha liderado la constitución de la primera Asociación de Profesionales de la Consultoría y la Formación en Cumplimiento Normativo, a la que se incorporarán desde el inicio más de 150 profesionales y compañías del sector.   Con la entrada en vigor de nuevas normativas, entre otras, la reforma del Código Penal el próximo mes de junio, la reciente publicación de la circular de control interno de la CNMV o el Reglamento de Prevención del Blanqueo de Capitales, las empresas españolas deberán implantar sistemas dirigidos a garantizar el cumplimiento normativo y la defensa de sus intereses en base a estas normas.   Con un nivel destacado en el sector del Compliance y con oficinas en Bilbao, Madrid, Barcelona y Dubai, en…

  Britons are losing jobs and being prevented from travelling abroad because Interpol is circulating alerts based on sharia-influenced debt offences issued by Gulf states, a legal rights group has claimed.   The international police cooperation agency is circulating red notices – its highest level of criminal alert – based on arrest warrants for unfunded cheques, a complaint that would normally be a civil issue in the UK but is a criminal offence under sharia-compliant national laws.   Interpol is now reviewing its procedures but insists red notices are based on states' national penal codes. Offences must be punishable by six months or more in jail, or a minimum two-year sentence if the person is wanted for prosecution, to meet the threshold of being the subject of a red notice.…

  Free speech zones on public university campuses sound wonderful in the abstract—a special zone just for free speech! But don't be fooled. College's sell the idea of free speech zones like used car salesmen. They make students think that they want the zones, but in reality, students don't want them and they don't need them. And in the end, students realize they've been duped.   Several recent news stories highlight the troubling irony of so-called free speech zones on public university campuses: they are used to stifle speech rather than encourage it. In one story, administrators at the University of Hawaii-Hilo stopped two students from handing out free copies of the US Constitution—the very document that gives us the right to free speech—because the students were standing outside the…

  Na tarde da última terça-feira (20/5), ocorreu o seminário sobre "A Lei Anticorrupção", promovido pela OAB/RJ, por meio da Comissão Especial de Anticorrupção, Compliance e Controle Social dos Gastos Públicos. Na ocasião, o presidente do IIEDE, Fábio Medina Osório palestrou sobre o tema "Infrações administrativas, infrações penais e improbidade administrativa", analisando a perspectiva do princípio do "non bis in idem" e da proporcionalidade, bem assim as garantias constitucionais frente aos múltiplos tentáculos sancionadores do Estado contemporâneo.   Medina Osório apontou riscos à segurança jurídica se não houver diálogos entre os entes federativos na regulamentação da nova Lei: "As autoridades administrativas não podem se omitir", alertou. O presidente também reiterou a necessidade do compliance para minorar os riscos da Lei Anticorrupçâo às empresas que se relacionam com o Poder Público:…