EU opens new front in anti-subsidy probes to address cross-border subsidies
Two recent anti-subsidy investigations by the European Commission (EC) into imports of glass fibre fabrics and continuous filament glass...
Two recent anti-subsidy investigations by the European Commission (EC) into imports of glass fibre fabrics and continuous filament glass...
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing the suspension or termination of many contracts. At the heart of the problem lies the uncertainty...
The UK High Court has held that references in witness statements and opening submissions to 'taking comfort' from legal advice and...
On 25 June the Netherlands Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) announced an investigation of fake accounts, fake reviews and fake likes....
In Canada Goose UK Retail Ltd v Persons Unknown [2020] EWCA Civ 303, the Court of Appeal has refined guidelines for injunctive relief...
In a series of ministerial written statements, consultations and discussion papers, HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
On 22 June 2020, the law of 15 June 2020 regarding the suspension of the notice periods for dismissals notified prior to or during a...
In the recent decision of Bresco Electrical Services Limited (in liquidation) v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Limited, the UK Supreme...
Just over two years ago, the European Commission proposed its final draft proposals for its New Deal for Consumers, including for the...
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched investigations into four pharmacies and convenience stores suspected of...
The European Commission’s controversial white paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies (PDF) published on 17...
As an immediate response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Belgian federal, regional and local authorities introduced tax measures in order...
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published interim guidance on the regulatory framework it will apply to superfunds (also known as 'DB...
On 29 May 2020, the Court of Rome ruled on the interim-relief application brought by a commercial tenant seeking to be discharged from...
On June 1, 2020, the US Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced a newly revised version of its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance...
The revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the accompanying guidelines is one of the many long-term reform...
The UK Supreme Court has today provided important legal guidance (PDF) on the issue of the 'passing-on' of any damages in antitrust...
On 12 June, the UK government published revised guidance on its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) (likely to now be generally...
The Spanish government has passed legislation aimed at preventing COVID-19’s resurgence. What do these new rules mean for the ‘new...
An auditor producing documents to the Financial Reporting Council (the FRC) must make its own assessment of whether those documents are...
Germany's federal government has made hydrogen the cornerstone of the country’s energy policy reform. This is because hydrogen:
This week saw the High Court hear, over the course of a virtual four-day hearing, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) first...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on public spending in the UK.
From ventilators and PPE equipment to free school...
As COVID-19 spread across the globe like wild fire, many of its effects – including an economic downturn and emerging disputes risks –...
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen employers across sectors and jurisdictions adopting drastic and prolonged working-from-home...
The German Federal Ministry of Justice shows unexpected pace in repeating the legislative process for the German Act of Approval for the...
Anyone who has read a newspaper, spoken to colleagues or taken a look at social media recently will have seen references to the ‘new...
The 2008 financial crisis and ensuing economic downturn was felt acutely by small and medium-sized enterprises (so-called SMEs), and led...
The German government has introduced significant COVID-19 tax-related measures with the aim of assisting German individuals and companies...
The gig economy was in the spotlight before the pandemic and it continues to be, with gig workers in many businesses having been kept...
When, on 2 June 2020, the European Commission started a public consultation on its proposed new competition tool (NCT), this may have...
Since the introduction of pension freedoms in 2015, an estimated £80bn has been transferred out of UK defined-benefit (DB) pension...
In less than six months (ie as of 1 January 2021), EU-based importers of certain minerals and metals will have to comply with new supply...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a supervisory briefing to promote convergence in the supervision of...
In the five years since the CJEU made its landmark decision on FRAND in Huawei vs ZTE (C-170/13), courts in Düsseldorf and Mannheim have...
With the impacts of COVID-19 and falling oil prices ongoing, the risk of delay and disruption to construction projects in the Kingdom of...
As an immediate response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Belgian federal, regional and local authorities introduced several tax measures to...
In January 2020, the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge ('the ERA Pledge'), launched in 2016 to address the under-representation...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to employees across the world working from home at an unprecedented level. Employers have had to quickly...
Following considerable press speculation, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced various adjustments to the Coronavirus Job Retention...
Since their publication on 11 May 2020, much of the focus has, quite rightly, been on the UK government’s guidelines on working safely...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently published a report (PDF) on COVID-19-related money laundering and terrorist financing...
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