1/13/2026 2:10:51 PM The year ahead in financial services: 12 trends to watch in 2026 By Christopher Bernard Sharon Grennan 2025 was another transformative year for the financial services industry. Geopolitical risks arising from conflicts in Ukraine and...
1/13/2026 11:26:27 AM New EU FSR Guidelines: What Changed, What Still Hurts, and How to Prepare By Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Justyna Smela Wolski Elena Baum +3 more... Show less The European Commission (Commission) has now published its Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). These...
1/12/2026 3:51:16 PM UK High Court confirms global RAND jurisdiction and makes interim licence declarations requested by implementers in Acer v Nokia By Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan Mellor J in the English High Court has confirmed that the English court is able to determine global RAND terms over standard essential...
1/8/2026 5:22:10 PM New year, fresh beginnings - Open justice goes online: the new Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot By Dr. Christopher Stothers Jeremy Manger Alice Pedder The Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot (the Pilot) is now live and represents a significant shift in how the principle of open...
1/7/2026 1:34:45 PM Investigations: common challenges and how to address them By Holly Insley Chantelle Nicholas Katharine Asher HR and employment law teams often experience periods of heightened activity, and this is especially true during times when organisations...
1/5/2026 2:01:46 PM FCA unveils near-final rules for targeted support in pensions and retail investments By Elisabeth Overland James Smethurst Shuke Wen On 11 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/22), outlining near-final rules for a new...
1/5/2026 10:11:32 AM CJEU ruling: Employers beware – the employee’s habitual place of work may change during the course of employment and, in turn, the law governing the relationship. By Laura Llangozi Sarah Rohmann In its recent ruling of 11 December 2025 (Case C-485/24), the CJEU clarified how to determine the law applicable to an employment...
12/23/2025 3:34:33 PM Unpacking the FCA's Proposed Exemption for "Truly Decentralised" DeFi Projects By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Catherine Zhang Robert Stevens +2 more... Show less As part of its “Crypto Roadmap”, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a discussion paper (DP25/1) in May 2025 inviting...
12/22/2025 11:30:48 AM New terms of reference for UK product liability reform project By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy Laura Feldman Lulu Valentine +2 more... Show less On 8 December 2025, the UK Law Commission published its Terms of Reference (ToR) for its product liability law review, providing some...
12/19/2025 9:57:06 AM Austria’s New Electricity Act Unlocking flexibility: active customers, energy sharing and direct lines (3/3) By Dr. Stephan Denk Kathrin Wildmoser-Zeller Julia Wallner Austria’s energy landscape is on the verge of a significant transformation: On December 11, 2025, the Austrian Parliament passed the...
12/18/2025 3:06:06 PM Autumn Budget 2025: DeFining the UK rules for cryptoasset taxation By Samuel Withnall Samuel Gerrard In Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget 2025, the government has confirmed some important changes in its approach to the taxation of the...
12/18/2025 1:50:15 PM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: Emergency Arbitration By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Alexander Grimm Corin Gittinger Fabian Schubach Isabel Lightbody Daria Karman +4 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (the Centre) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) launched a (now closed) public...