Feb 27, 2019 The UK’s competition and consumer law regimes – time for more change? By Sarah Jensen As the UK CMA prepares for new challenges as a leading international authority post-Brexit, Chair Lord Andrew Tyrie has proposed a set of...
Feb 25, 2019 A new European agency: the European Labour Authority By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer On 14 February, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the European Commission’s proposal of March 2018 to...
Feb 25, 2019 Practical Utility Trumps Jurisdiction in Adjudication Enforcement By Claire Chia Matt Evans A recent English Court of Appeal judgment has resolved some doubts regarding the use of adjudication procedures in insolvency. In Bresco...
Feb 22, 2019 Bankers‘ bonuses– amended rules finally agreed at EU level By Jean-Francois Gerard Back in November 2016, the Commission released a number of amendments to CRD IV aimed at clarifying the exact scope of some of the...
Feb 21, 2019 Roskomnadzor’s comments on personal data By Olga Chislova Russian personal data protection legislation is formulated in a way that, in many instances, allows broad interpretation of rules and...
Feb 19, 2019 ICC launches Construction Industry Arbitration Report By Jane Jenkins Nobody involved in construction and engineering arbitrations on major projects needs reminding how complex and challenging they can be....
Feb 18, 2019 The European Commission suffers its first defeat over its recent fiscal State aid decisions By Daan van Schaik In its first judgment regarding the European Commission’s recent fiscal State aid decisions, the EU General Court (GC) last week annulled...
Feb 12, 2019 The Netherlands Commercial Court – now open for business! By Alexander Schurink 6 February 2019 marked the grand opening of the Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC). The NCC is a newly founded court within the Dutch...
Feb 12, 2019 Inventor compensation: what is ‘outstanding benefit’ to an employer? By Dr. Christopher Stothers Laura Whiting The UK Supreme Court has been hearing a case about when an employer must compensate an employee for inventing something patentable in the...
Feb 06, 2019 Update: Distribution in the on-line world - EU rules under review By Joanna Goyder In November we reported that the European Commission had announced its intention to review EU distribution rules (see below). The...
Feb 04, 2019 Europe launches Special Payment Vehicle INSTEX to support trade opportunities with Iran By Dr. Stephan Denk Iris Hammerschmid Dr. Farid Sigari-Majd The INSTEX vehicle and its purpose On 31 January 2019 France, Germany and the United Kingdom officially introduced a financial mechanism...
Feb 01, 2019 No more Guessing: European Commission outlaws online search advertising restrictions By Alex Potter Martin Dickson The European Commission (the Commission) has published its decision fining contemporary clothing brand Guess almost €40m for imposing...