The Linklaters Podcast

AMLA’s direct supervision: entity selection and enforcement // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Episode 3: New EU anti-money laundering regime

This episode focuses on the Anti-Money Laundering Authority's (AMLA) role in supervising obliged entities. The speakers explain AMLA's risk-based selection process, which will identify entities based on risk exposure, operational scale and cross-border activities. The discussion covers how AMLA will supervise these entities using joint supervisory teams mixing AMLA and national staff to conduct reviews, coordinate on-site inspections, and propose decisions or sanctions.

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Unpacking the new EU AMLA // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Episode 2: New EU anti-money laundering regime

In this episode, Matthias Schelkens and Christian Schmitt introduce the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)—the EU’s response to long-standing challenges in AML enforcement. They discuss what AMLA is, why it matters, and how it aims to unify and strengthen AML supervision across the EU. Next, our team explores what AMLA’s arrival could mean for the financial sector.

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Introduction: What the new AML regime is all about // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Episode 1: New EU anti-money laundering regime

This first episode introduces our podcast series on the European Union anti-money laundering regime, summarising the sweeping 2024 reforms that establish a single, directly applicable set of AML rules and create the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). It also highlights why these game-changing rules matter and previews the expert insights to come.

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ESG litigation – the ECHR Cannavacciuolo judgment // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Navigating EU Law: Insights for Businesses

Florence Danis (Brussels) and Elena Andrich (Milan) explore the Cannavacciuolo decision, which addresses the violation of the right to life stemming from large-scale environmental pollution, and its practical takeaways for businesses.

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Competition litigation – Heineken and ASG 2 CJEU judgments // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Navigating EU Law: Insights for Businesses

Florence Danis (Brussels) is joined by Hannes Ingwersen (Frankfurt) and Maaike Roem (Amsterdam) to unpack critical developments around parent company liability (Heineken) and full compensation rights for competition law breaches (ASG 2).

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Private international law - the Lastre CJEU judgment // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Navigating EU Law: Insights for Businesses

Mirjam Erb (Frankfurt) and Guillaume Croisant (Brussels) discuss the implications of the Lastre judgment on the use of asymmetric jurisdiction clauses.

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AI-washing – the latest developments and how to mitigate the risk // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Episode 6: Leading Questions

As AI rapidly develops, it brings with it the risk that firms might be accused of ‘AI-washing’: ‘overselling’ their AI’s capabilities, for example to boost sales or reputation or to raise capital.  With attentive regulators and well-funding claimant lawyers, this risk must be managed carefully.

In this episode we define AI-washing and give some emerging examples of it.  We look at the key civil and regulatory risks.  We draw some lessons from recent and cutting-edge US and UK regulatory and enforcement action.  And we finish with practical tips about ways you might address this risk in your own businesses.

This episode features Doug Davison (partner, Washington D.C.), David Thomas (partner, London) and Duncan Campbell (senior associate, London).

For more AI insights visit our webpages on AI and Contentious AI and check out our AI toolkit.

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Compulsory Mediation and what the recent Court of Appeal judgment means for those managing litigation // Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Episode 4: Leading Questions

Episode 4 provides a deeper dive into Compulsory Mediation and the recent Court of Appeal case Churchill -v- Merthyr Tydfil [2023] EWCA Civ 1416.  We provide our thoughts on the issues and key practical takeaways for those managing litigation in the UK. 

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The duties of directors when a company is bordering insolvency, developments in the mediation sphere and how generative AI is impacting legal practice // Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Episode 3: Leading Questions

In the third episode, Greg Wloch, Jane Larner, Madeline Chan, Clara Tung and James Phoenix discuss directors duties to consider the interests of creditors when a company is bordering insolvency, the recent developments in the sphere of mediation and how generative AI is beginning to impact legal practice.

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Electronic signature – enforceability under Indonesian Law // Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

This podcast series is curated by our association firm in Indonesia, Widyawan & Partners.

Episode 1: Regulatory Developments in Indonesia – a Multi-Sectoral Highlight

Electronic signature has now been widely used in Indonesia owing to, among other things, the adaptation of remote working following the pandemic. Wet signature was never a requirement to create a binding contract but would certainly be helpful to establish its existence in a contentious situation. In this episode, our Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations partner, Narendra Adiyasa and managing associate, Tengku Almira Adlinisa will discuss the risk for challenges associated with agreements bearing electronic signature, the additional evidentiary burden it may create and the potential defence.

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The Quincecare duty in APP fraud cases, Climate Change Litigation and Data Privacy class actions // Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Episode 2: Leading Questions

In the second episode, Christa Band, Mike Munk, Rebecca Burton, Faye Presland, Elenor Parkhouse and Sadie Buls discuss the Supreme Court’s recent refusal in Phillipp v Barclays Bank to extend the Quincecare duty in APP fraud cases, the recent ClientEarth v Shell climate related derivative action case, and the latest data privacy class action claim struck out by the High Court.

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The Mariana Dam case and more // Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Episode 1: Leading Questions

In the first episode, Christa Band, Gavin Lewis, Elenor Parkhouse, James Bowen and Stephen Lacey discuss the the surprising decision of the Supreme Court in relation to the Mariana Dam case and what it means for the future of collective redress in this country; sanctions and the perils of a tickbox “reasonable belief” defence as highlighted by Celestial Aviation; the extraordinary Al Sadeq case and whether a non-party to litigation can claim litigation privilege and a financial services supplement about changes to the Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority’s enforcement process and policies.

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