According to the European Central Bank (ECB), most financial institutions do not have the tools to assess the impact of climate and...
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In November 2020, the English High Court made a decision on the scope of common costs in Crossley& Ors v Volkswagen AG & Ors. The...
On December 3, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in parallel with the Department of Justice (DOJ), settled charges...
Freshfields has acted for WEX Inc. in successfully securing the acquisition of business-to-business (B2B) payments technology providers...
The UK has long allowed non-UK institutions to provide financial services to customers in the UK under a variety of different regimes....
On 15 December, the UK government published its much anticipated Transforming public procurement green paper which sets out the...
2020 has been the most active year yet for the Hong Kong Competition Commission: so far it has filed two enforcement actions before the...
The European Commission presented its widely heralded legislative proposals on regulating the role of so-called “gatekeeper” platforms on...
Last week the UK government published its Construction Playbook which sets out guidance for the future sourcing and contracting of public...
There is increasing focus on climate-related investment by pension schemes, an area which appears to be undergoing significant change....
As we envisaged in our recent earlier blog post, the US Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and FDIC have...
It is widely taken as a given that employees will have the right to disconnect over the festive season, particularly while on annual...