30 Apr, 2020 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...
30 Apr, 2020 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...
29 Apr, 2020 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...
28 Apr, 2020 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...
28 Apr, 2020 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...
27 Apr, 2020 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...
23 Apr, 2020 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....
23 Apr, 2020 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...
20 Apr, 2020 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...
20 Apr, 2020 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...
17 Apr, 2020 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...
17 Apr, 2020 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...