Freshfields Risk & Compliance

March 28, 2019

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Recent developments in the framework of Spanish employment law

The Spanish government has recently issued several pieces of legislation in the employment arena, which involve important and new duties...

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March 28, 2019

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EU agrees on legal framework to better protect whistleblowers

Despite some last minute push back by a few member states, EU negotiators agreed the final content of the new directive on whistleblower...

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Laura Whiting Paul Abbott

March 27, 2019

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UK Supreme Court decision – clarity on patentability of dosage claims?

The UK Supreme Court handed down its second patent decision in 6 months today. The judgment in Actavis Group & ors v ICOS Corporation...

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Emilio Salice Rhodri Thomas Simon Orton

March 26, 2019

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Data protection and financial services: The growing risk of joint enforcement

Following the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation in May last year, attention in the EU has turned to the...

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Amanda Neil Emma Roberts Melissa Conway

March 25, 2019

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Heating up: climate change and investor-State arbitration

States are increasingly regulating environmental issues. More recently, global recognition of the need for rapid, large-scale efforts to...

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Kristin Lampe Tahleel Lateef

March 25, 2019

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What does a no-deal Brexit mean for any future UK sanctions regime?

1. No immediate change

Following Brexit, the UK will retain its existing sanctions regime. Sanctions currently in place before Exit...

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Vasuda Sinha

March 25, 2019

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ICOs, centrally-issued cryptocurrencies and dispute resolution: key issues for investors in cryptocurrencies

As cryptocurrencies rise in both prominence and use it is important for market players to keep aware of the legal and regulatory...

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Raquel Flórez

March 21, 2019

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New Spanish legislation on trade secrets

On 13 March 2019, the new law on trade secrets (secretos empresariales) came into force. This Spanish law is (late in) implementing...

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Neil Donovan

March 18, 2019

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Treasury Committee reports on economic sanctions implementation in the UK

The Treasury Select Committee has reported on its inquiry into sanctions implementation in the UK. The report also makes a number...

Victor Tong

March 14, 2019

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Landmark victory for Cargill

On 28 February 2019, the High Court of England and Wales granted summary judgment in favour of Cargill International Trading PTE Limited...

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Martin Dickson James Aitken Sharon Malhi

March 13, 2019

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Furman Inquiry: UK digital competition expert panel calls for regulatory changes for the digital economy

On 13 March 2019, the UK’s Digital Competition Expert Panel, led by advisor to former US President Barack Obama, Professor Jason Furman,...

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Mark Goldberg Kimberly Zelnick Brent Wible

March 12, 2019

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Corruption, Crime, and Commodities: Putting the CFTC’s Foreign Corruption Advisory in Context

At an American Bar Association conference last week, James McDonald, Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures...

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March 12, 2019

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Parliamentary committee presses for reforms to UK’s economic crime regime: key issues for the private sector

The Treasury Select Committee has published recommendations on the UK’s anti-money laundering and economic crime regime, calling on the...

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Sarah Trueman

March 8, 2019

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TRACE Global Enforcement Report 2018: anti-bribery investigation and enforcement activity continues to grow worldwide

TRACE's latest Global Enforcement Report is out, quantifying and analysing cross-border bribery investigations and enforcement actions as...

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Ramya Arnold

March 6, 2019

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UK Supreme Court addresses the role of medical evidence in torture cases

The UK Supreme Court handed down judgment today in a significant asylum case, KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

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Raquel Flórez

March 4, 2019

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Spain and EU Parliament: protecting workers' rights in case of no-deal Brexit

The Spanish government has issued Royal Decree-Law 5/2019 (the Brexit Law), on contingency measures dealing with the UK’s exit from the...

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Chris Bellringer

March 1, 2019

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The UK’s consumer law regime: the CMA proposes bold new powers

As highlighted in our earlier blog post, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a series of proposed reforms to the...

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