27 Apr, 2018 Fines jump higher for "gun jumping" - European Commission fines Altice €124.5 million By Sneha Ramakrishnan With complex merger reviews now taking 6-15 months, buyers can face lengthy periods between signing and closing, when they bear...
23 Apr, 2018 R(AL) v SFO: Pressure on SFO to require production of first interview notes By Edward Levene “The law as it stands today is settled. Privilege does not apply to first interview notes.” This is the view expressed by the High Court...
23 Apr, 2018 Breaking news: new European Commission proposal on whistleblowing By Caroline Stroud The European Commission has today proposed legislation to address the fragmentation of protection for whistleblowers across the EU. The...
20 Apr, 2018 “Representative action, the European way” – new consumer collective redress proposals published By Andrew Austin Last week, the European Commission published its final draft proposals for a “New Deal for Consumers” package (the “New Deal”). The New...
18 Apr, 2018 UK SFO facing judicial review on the question of its powers to demand overseas data By Caroline Doherty de Novoa The Serious Fraud Office is facing another judicial review of its actions—this time by US engineering and construction company, KBR Inc....
11 Apr, 2018 FCA approach to enforcement - a reaffirmation By Thomas Clark The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been publishing a series of papers setting out its approach in particular areas, building on...
05 Apr, 2018 The CLOUD Act – Implications for Data Privacy in the United States and Abroad By Peter Jaffe Can U.S. federal law enforcement force a U.S. internet service provider to turn over emails that its foreign subsidiary holds on servers...
03 Apr, 2018 Extreme 3rd Party Litigation Funding Agreements- now on the cards? By Rupert Macey-Dare The recent 2017 judgment by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) in Merricks v. Mastercard, although rejecting the headline main...