Nov 26, 2018 Offshore IP owners beware! More rules to tax UK-generated value could result in multiple tax charges By Sarah Bond HMRC is apparently not satisfied with the range of tools now at its disposal to impose UK tax on the value generated from the UK using...
Nov 23, 2018 Cyber Security – call for board-level accountability By Brendan McCarthy Rhodri Thomas Emily Tilden-Smith On 19 November 2018, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy published its report on the UK’s critical national...
Nov 23, 2018 It’s in the public interest: Lifting the suspension on the Deep Tube Upgrade Programme By Tom Hutchison Abigail Legge The Piccadilly Line is a key part of the capital’s transport infrastructure, but it is ageing. Its rolling stock, built in 1973, is...
Nov 22, 2018 Cyber Security Summit and Expo 2018 By Raphaella Pitt Our Cybersecurity team recently had a stand at the Cyber Security Summit & Expo 2018, giving us the chance to chat with a diverse group...
Nov 20, 2018 US securities fraud claims and unsponsored ADR programmes By Doug Smith David Livshiz Linda Martin Virginia Flower +1 more... Show less Non-US companies with unsponsored ADR programmes may be concerned about whether their liability risk has increased after the recent...
Nov 20, 2018 Extension to access to FOS By Tom Luck On 16 October 2018, the FCA published near-final rules to expand access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for small and...
Nov 16, 2018 Freshfields hosts 33rd annual Freshfields and Queen Mary University arbitration lecture By Oliver Marsden Ashley Jones Over 350 practitioners, academics and other members of the arbitration community gathered at Freshfields’ London offices on Wednesday...
Nov 16, 2018 Dutch Government Adopts New Model Bilateral Investment Treaty By Natalie Sheehan Joep Wolfhagen Adopted model goes beyond consultation draft, introducing sweeping changes for investors On 19 October 2018, the Dutch government adopted...
Nov 15, 2018 Some of the UK’s most senior prosecutors and judges on the Bribery Act, DPAs and the future of economic crime enforcement By Caroline Doherty de Novoa Key senior figures in UK economic crime enforcement gathered recently to give evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee, including the...
Nov 15, 2018 ECJ copyright ruling leaves cheese-maker with a bitter aftertaste By Noor Maraghi The European Court of Justice has ruled that copyright cannot protect the taste of food. The case was brought by Dutch food producer...
Nov 14, 2018 UK Supreme Court patent decision in Lyrica: what you need to know By Laura Whiting Dr. Christopher Stothers Paul Abbott The UK Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in the Warner-Lambert v Mylan and Actavis (Lyrica) case today...
Nov 14, 2018 Initial coin offerings – the regulatory response By Mark Kalderon The Financial Times ran a story last month analysing demand from investors for Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Under the headline ‘No one...