4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Trouble and strife – UK's CMA makes it easier for consumers to get COVID-related refunds By Deba Das Andrew Austin The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today published further guidance from its Covid-19 Taskforce, set up in March to...
4/30/2020 12:00:00 AM Supplementary protection for vaccines: Canada diverges from Europe By Paul Abbott Laura Whiting The first judicial decision made under Canada's regulations on certificates of supplementary protection (CSPs) highlights some...
4/29/2020 5:01:27 PM COVID-19: Spanish commercial and industrial leases By Ana Julia Garcia By virtue of Royal Decree-Law 15/2020 (‘the decree’), published on 23 April 2020, the Spanish government has adopted a moratorium to help...
4/28/2020 4:39:58 PM Developing new products to fight COVID-19? Regulatory and product liability implications to consider By Chris Bellringer Andrew Austin The current COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the lives of many and at the same time causing unprecedented demands on...
4/28/2020 12:00:00 AM Compliance in times of COVID-19 By Marlen Vesper-Gräske The coronavirus pandemic has severely affected business activity and brought public life to a virtual standstill. What is clear is that...
4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM UK PLC and executive pay – Investment Association issues COVID-19 guidance to remuneration committees By Alice Greenwell Nicholas Squire Kathleen Healy David Mendel Holly Insley Kate Pumfrey +3 more... Show less The Investment Association (the IA) has answered calls to set out how it expects remuneration committees to be addressing some of the...
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM COVID-19 and patent rights, part 1: governments’ right to use patented inventions By Dr. Christopher Stothers Dr. Stephan Dorn Pharmaceutical companies are working around the clock towards a common aim: diagnosing, treating and preventing infections from COVID-19....
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM COVID-19: availability of D&O insurance By Priti Lancaster Dan Butler The pressures on businesses in the current climate mean that D&O insurance is more important now than ever. However, we are seeing a...
4/20/2020 9:15:54 AM Are you contracting with the UK government? Key issues for construction suppliers in the Cabinet Office’s model terms for COVID-19 relief By Hannah Smith Further to our blog post which covered the Cabinet Office’s guidance on implementing Procurement Policy Note (PPN 02/20) in government...
4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: increasing confusion for employers By Nicholas Squire Alice Greenwell Holly Insley David Mendel +1 more... Show less When it was first announced, the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the JRS) was widely praised as a speedy response to...
4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM COVID-19: Impact on UK pension scheme funding for forthcoming valuations, and changes in the UK regulatory regime By Charles Magoffin Dawn Heath Andrew Murphy Tharusha Rajapakse Lauren Jackson Gareth Davies +3 more... Show less One of the many economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be sharp increases in the funding deficits of UK defined benefit...
4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM What do employers in Russia need to know? An overview of COVID-19-related developments By Olga Chislova What do employers in Russia need to know? An overview of COVID-19-related developments Russia has been adopting rules to counter the...