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In-house Advisor weekly highlights—18 August 2022

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Published on: 18 August 2022

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Table of contents

In-house resources, events and networking
Networking and forum events
Crafty Counsel videos available in Lexis®PSL
Risk & Compliance
Romanian company fined for illegal video surveillance system
Ukraine conflict—OFSI issues General Licence regarding energy in Mongolia
OFSI publishes reporting obligations webinar
FCA consults on major changes to OPBAS sourcebook
Lawyers and accountants face tighter AML scrutiny by FCA
Potential reforms to the UK’s model for criminal liability—should we be concerned?

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Article summary

Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house Advisor weekly highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape. These highlights focus on key risk & compliance, commercial, corporate, information law and employment developments that will be relevant to most in-house lawyers.

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