Mar 28, 2019 Recent developments in the framework of Spanish employment law By Raquel Flórez Juan Pastor The Spanish government has recently issued several pieces of legislation in the employment arena, which involve important and new duties...
Mar 28, 2019 EU agrees on legal framework to better protect whistleblowers By Jean-Francois Gerard Despite some last minute push back by a few member states, EU negotiators agreed the final content of the new directive on whistleblower...
Mar 27, 2019 UK Supreme Court decision – clarity on patentability of dosage claims? By Laura Whiting Paul Abbott The UK Supreme Court handed down its second patent decision in 6 months today. The judgment in Actavis Group & ors v ICOS Corporation &...
Mar 26, 2019 Data protection and financial services: The growing risk of joint enforcement By Emilio Salice Rhodri Thomas Simon Orton Following the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation in May last year, attention in the EU has turned to the...
Mar 25, 2019 Heating up: climate change and investor-State arbitration By Amanda Neil Emma Roberts Melissa Conway States are increasingly regulating environmental issues. More recently, global recognition of the need for rapid, large-scale efforts to...
Mar 25, 2019 What does a no-deal Brexit mean for any future UK sanctions regime? By Kristin Lampe Tahleel Lateef 1. No immediate change Following Brexit, the UK will retain its existing sanctions regime. Sanctions currently in place before Exit Day...
Mar 25, 2019 ICOs, centrally-issued cryptocurrencies and dispute resolution: key issues for investors in cryptocurrencies By Vasuda Sinha As cryptocurrencies rise in both prominence and use it is important for market players to keep aware of the legal and regulatory...
Mar 21, 2019 New Spanish legislation on trade secrets By Raquel Flórez On 13 March 2019, the new law on trade secrets (secretos empresariales) came into force. This Spanish law is (late in) implementing...
Mar 18, 2019 Treasury Committee reports on economic sanctions implementation in the UK By Neil Donovan The Treasury Select Committee has reported on its inquiry into sanctions implementation in the UK. The report also makes a number of...
Mar 14, 2019 Landmark victory for Cargill By Victor Tong On 28 February 2019, the High Court of England and Wales granted summary judgment in favour of Cargill International Trading PTE Limited...
Mar 13, 2019 Furman Inquiry: UK digital competition expert panel calls for regulatory changes for the digital economy By Martin Dickson James Aitken Sharon Malhi On 13 March 2019, the UK’s Digital Competition Expert Panel, led by advisor to former US President Barack Obama, Professor Jason Furman,...
Mar 12, 2019 Corruption, Crime, and Commodities: Putting the CFTC’s Foreign Corruption Advisory in Context By Mark Goldberg Kimberly Zelnick Brent Wible At an American Bar Association conference last week, James McDonald, Director of the Division of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures...