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Risk trends ahead

02 February 2022
Issue: 7965 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Risk management
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Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years, according to Gartner Legal and Compliance

Its global report, ‘2022 legal, compliance and privacy hot spots’, highlights how general counsel have a role to play in helping their company understand social expectations. Staff shortages and potential ‘lawyer burnout’ are another risk general counsel should prepare for as employees have re-evaluated their lives during the pandemic.

Companies should also prepare for more geopolitical competition and corporate disruption, which is likely to increase the cost and complexity of regulatory compliance. 

Issue: 7965 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Risk management
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