Aug 19, 2019 Squaring the circle? What the UK SFO co-operation guidance means for global businesses By Ben Morgan Katie Palms The UK Serious Fraud Office recently issued its long-awaited guidance on corporate cooperation. We look here at the key points arising,...
Aug 09, 2019 Businesses demand revision of distribution rules – especially in relation to e-commerce and digital markets By Maren Tamke In November 2018, we reported that the European Commission had announced a review of EU distribution rules. It has now published a...
Aug 09, 2019 Fixing Mistakes in Contracts: Test for Rectification Clarified By Kellie Dyon Devansh Sharma The state of the English law regarding the way in which mistakes will be dealt with, or rectified, in written contracts has been the...
Aug 09, 2019 The SHIELD Act before the sword By Mark Goldberg New York’s new SHIELD Act imposes sweeping new cybersecurity obligations on any company that holds private information of New York...
Aug 08, 2019 46 States sign the Singapore Convention on Mediation By Nicholas Lingard Lexi Menish Kate Apostolova Samantha Tan Rohit Bhat +2 more... Show less On 7 August 2019, 46 States signed the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, which will,...
Aug 08, 2019 European Commission report keeps the spotlight on AML compliance By Neil Donovan On 24 July 2019, the European Commission (the Commission) published a set of reports assessing the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) and...
Aug 06, 2019 SEP-based injunctions issued by the Dutch Court of Appeal By Ruben Laddé Jelle Drok Based on two decisions of the Court of Appeal which were recently handed down in two patent cases brought by Philips, it can be concluded...
Aug 05, 2019 English High Court rules that no interest is payable to sanctioned creditors By Tahleel Lateef Are sanctioned persons entitled to receive interest on sums owed to them that accrue during the period in which they are sanctioned but...
Aug 01, 2019 When a bad defence is good enough: The Court of Appeal of England & Wales on consideration By Anthea Bowater The law of consideration is again in the limelight, not long after the English Supreme Court’s decision in Rock Advertising and Lord...
Aug 01, 2019 New EU and UK guidance on online terms and conditions and privacy policies By Andrew Austin Both the UK government and the European Commission have recently published guidance for businesses on how to present online standard...