JONES DAY TALKS®- Collective Actions in Spain: A Look Around and the View Ahead

November 3, 2023Europe, Global Disputes, Litigationjonesdaytalks

As part of a series of programs covering class action laws in jurisdictions around the world, and to supplement content found in Jones Day’s recent publication, Class Actions Worldview: Part I—United States and the European Union, this edition of Jones Day Talks focuses on Class Actions in Spain – or as they’re known – Collective Actions.

Antonio Canales and Gonzalo Hierro, both based in Madrid, talk about the current Collective Actions landscape. They also discuss the Spanish Preliminary Draft Law, and share their thoughts on settlements, third-party funding, and more.

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JONES DAY TALKS®- Charting the Course: Antitrust’s Past, Present, and Future in Labor Markets

November 2, 2023Antitrustjonesdaytalks

Antitrust enforcement in labor markets continues to escalate worldwide. Jones Day partners Kevin Hart and Philipp Werner talk about the continuing crackdown on anticompetitive labor practices in the U.S. and across the EU, review recent developments in case law, and explain what employers need to know.

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JONES DAY TALKS®- The Evolution of Corporate Compliance Programs: Key Issues for Multinational Companies

October 3, 2023ESG, Financial Markets, Health Care & Life Sciences, Investigations & White Collar Defensejonesdaytalks

Across every industry and every region of the world, corporate compliance programs have increasingly become an integral part of a company’s operations and procedures—and the trend shows no signs of slowing. In the first in a series of Jones Day Talks programs addressing topics related to corporate compliance programs, Jones Day lawyers Henry Klehm, Toni Citera, and Paloma Valor discuss the history of corporate compliance programs, the changing role of the compliance officer, challenges for multinational companies, the importance of technology, and how the compliance function can effectively partner with other parts of the organization to help mitigate risk and achieve business objectives.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Perspectives and Pathways: Life as a First-Generation Lawyer

August 30, 2023Careersjonesdaytalks

Each lawyer who is the first in their family to attend law school (and, in many cases, college) forges a unique path to a legal career. In this podcast, the Firm’s Rasha Gerges Shields, Abe Hester, and Stephen Scott share stories from their journeys as “first-generation” lawyers.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Class Actions Worldview Guide: Part 1–The United States and European Union

August 24, 2023Global Disputes, Litigationjonesdaytalks

Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to enact class actions or class action-like procedures.

The Firm is producing in-depth, multipart series of publications on class actions that will spotlight a wide array of jurisdictions worldwide. The first installment in the series, released in August 2023, focuses on the United States and European Union. In this podcast, also the first in a series, partners Ozan Akyurek and Becky Kcehowski discuss recent trends and developments in U.S. and UK class actions.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Looking for ESG Fraud – CFTC Solicits Carbon Markets Whistleblowers

July 13, 2023Energy, ESGcarbon credits, carbon markets, CFTC, double counting, ghost credits, wash tradingjonesdaytalks

The growing carbon credit and related derivatives markets continue to attract the attention of regulatory agencies and law enforcement. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has just announced that it is looking for whistleblowers on potential fraud or manipulation in the carbon credit markets, which is a major enforcement development in the ESG space. Jones Day partners Josh Sterling and Howard Sidman talk about the CFTC’s ramped-up enforcement focus and what it means for participants in the carbon markets.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Implementing AI: Fair Lending, Fair Housing, and Regulatory Trends

June 2, 2023Technologyjonesdaytalks

As its potential uses soar, Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to attract the attention of multiple regulatory agencies. A recent high-profile U.S. Senate hearing made it clear that the use of AI must be consistent with federal laws pertaining to fair lending, housing, employment, and similar situations.

Jones Day’s Dorothy Giobbe and Alexander Maugeri discuss the legal implications of introducing artificial intelligence to decision-making processes and how users should prepare for increased scrutiny.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: The Rise of AI Regs: Approaches from the European Union and United States

April 18, 2023Cybersecurity, Technologyjonesdaytalks

As technology and regulatory frameworks evolve, artificial intelligence (“AI”) legal issues have emerged as a key topic in transactional, litigation, and regulatory compliance contexts. Jones Day partners Laurent De Muyter, Carl Kukkonen, Stefan Schneider, and Emily Tait discuss the European Union’s implementation of a comprehensive framework for governing the flow of data, digital services, and AI, while the United States is still exploring regulation.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Jones Day’s Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative: Health Care Supply Chains and Forced Labor

March 29, 2023Health Care & Life Sciences, Pro BonoAnti-Human Traffickingjonesdaytalks

As part of Jones Day’s continuing work against global human trafficking, the Firm actively supports the American Hospital Association (AHA)’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and HEAL Trafficking (Health, Education, Advocacy, Linkage). A recent special convening hosted in Jones Day’s Chicago Office, Forced Labor in Health Care Supply Chains: What Hospital Leaders Need to Know, focused specifically on health care supply chain issues and how they may interact with forced labor. The event provided practical information and resources to health care providers fighting human trafficking.

Jones Day’s Taylor Goodspeed is joined by Laura Castellanos (AHA), Hanni Stoklosa, MD (HEAL Trafficking), and Laura Kowalczyk (Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)) in a candid conversation about the information shared at the convening and Jones Day’s continued pro bono efforts in this space.

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Preparing for FRTB – What Banks Should Know

March 1, 2023Financial Marketsbanking book, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, BCBS, FRTB, Internal Models Approach, Standardized Approach, trading bookjonesdaytalks

First introduced following the 2008 global financial crisis, the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) was designed to establish worldwide rules pertaining to banks’ regulatory capital requirements as they apply to trading activities. Jonathan Gould and Josh Sterling talk about the changes proposed by FRTB, how those changes address specific problems, and what banks should do now.

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