Alice Johnson

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

The UK government has introduced a deregulatory agenda aimed at boosting economic growth and generating wealth for working people. The Prime Minister Keir Starmer, likened regulation in the UK economy to ‘Japanese knotweed’ and his chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has outlined a plan to scale back regulations for businesses and exert greater control over the UK’s regulatory bodies.

3 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

Syril, 25, carries a large banner of the US constitution with a number of other demonstrators during a protest marking US President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, in Washington, DC, US, 30 April 2025. REUTERS/Allison BaileyThe Trump administration has executed a wide-ranging crackdown on freedom of speech by targeting student protestors, lawyers and the press. Global Insight assesses the threat to the rule of law and what is being done to protect it.

2 months ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

In February US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The White House announced that the pause will last for 180 days while the Attorney General reviews ‘guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under the FCPA’. Nicola Bonucci is a Member of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee Advisory Board and former Director of Legal Affairs at the OECD.

2 months ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

In February, the White House announced that it had banned the Associated Press from accessing certain press events because of its refusal to rename a body of water the Gulf of America. The White House also says it will exert greater control over which news outlets would get access to the President.

2 months ago | ibanet.org | Alice Johnson

A decade after the UK introduced world-leading modern slavery legislation, international best practice has moved on. Global Insight assesses flaws in the current system. Centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, millions remain trapped in slavery. Anti-Slavery International estimates that 50 million people worldwide are in modern slavery, including child slavery, human trafficking and forced labour.