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Alice Greenwell Giles Pratt Regina Erie Cameron Skinner Emily Darlow

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November 30, 2022

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Worklife 2.0: Employers of record – the sky is the limit? Part 2 – intellectual property

As we have discussed previously in the Worklife 2.0 series (see our previous blog post here), employers of Record (EoRs) allow companies...

November 30, 2022

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Insurance, big data and AI – a match made in heaven?

Harnessing big data and the power of artificial intelligence (AI) may be a match made in heaven for the insurance industry. At the core...

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November 29, 2022

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Market volatility - renegotiating lump sums in construction contracts

Lump sum contracting, particularly on multi-year, complex projects, is inherently risky for contractors. The potential for profitability...

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Joaquin Terceño Christopher Robinson Tobias McKinnon

November 29, 2022

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Litigation privilege revisited: has the Court of Appeal fundamentally changed the nature of litigation privilege?

The English Court of Appeal has recently handed down a significant decision on legal professional privilege (LPP), Loreley Financing v...

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Stan Lemmen Eelco van der Stok

November 28, 2022

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Netherlands Windfall Tax – Key Considerations

On 1 November 2022, the Dutch State Secretary for Finance published a legislative proposal to introduce a temporary windfall tax on the...

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Silvia Van Dyck Eva Schneider Marcel Michaelis Jan Struckmann

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November 24, 2022

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Updated with CJEU clarification: public access to UBO registers across the EU ruled invalid

In the past years, the EU legislator has gone quite far in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) efforts....

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Cara du Plessis Fabian Bickel Ioana-Virginia Motoc

November 24, 2022

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The UK Steel Safeguards Saga Update: India’s retaliatory measures

Introduction

The controversy surrounding UK steel safeguards has taken yet another turn with India confirming that it will impose...

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Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Lojayne Shaheen Muhammad Alshamkhi Ramzi Haddad Noha Elgendy

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November 24, 2022

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Recovering lost profits: Is Saudi law changing?

Saudi Arabia is introducing major reforms to its legal system as part of Vision 2030. This includes modernising areas of commercial law...

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Nicolas Rücker Moritz Becker

November 23, 2022

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Supply chain liability of directors and officers

This year’s demand letter to Shell’s board members by the NGO ClientEarth has drawn a lot of attention across corporate boards. Coupled...

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James Aitken Andrew Austin Sarah Jensen Rikki Haria Kate Collister Sarah Mitchell

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November 22, 2022

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UK Government accelerates major reforms to competition and consumer law regimes and digital regulation in a drive for supply side growth

The UK government has committed to bringing forward the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the Bill) in the current...

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Alison Dickie

November 18, 2022

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How will the UK Autumn Statement 2022 affect your business?

The UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered the much anticipated Autumn Statement 2022 following a period of political and economic...

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Timothy Howard Nabeel Yousef Brock Dahl Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Adam Silow

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November 18, 2022

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OFAC Redesignates “Tornado Cash” as US Regulators Continue Targeting Virtual Currency

On August 8, 2022, the US Treasury Department’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it designated the...

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Alice Greenwell Amy Rentell Laura McDaniel

November 17, 2022

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Chancellor’s Autumn Statement – what are the key points from a people and reward perspective?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has today announced a series of Government measures in his Autumn Statement. This follows...

November 17, 2022

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Germany may require submission of transfer pricing documentation reports outside of tax audits

On 10 November 2022, the German Bundestag published a draft bill to implement Council Directive (EU) 2021/514 of 22 March 2021 amending...

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Thomas Lübbig Kasia Bojarojc Daniel Wylde Justin Chen Sarah Mitchell

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November 14, 2022

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Expanding the merger control toolkit - Is this the end of non-reportable M&A for firms that are deemed dominant?

The question of how best to capture and test non-reportable acquisitions that are nonetheless deemed as meriting review is one the...

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Laura McDaniel

November 14, 2022

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Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe and Ireland v Commission: a summary of the ECJ decision

On 8 November 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) adopted its final judgment in the Fiat State aid case. The ECJ set aside the...

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November 11, 2022

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UK Investment Association sets out expectations for the 2023 AGM season

On Wednesday 9 November, the Investment Association (the IA) published its updated principles of remuneration (the 2023 Principles)...

November 10, 2022

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Sanctions & Extraterritorial Effect – Why multiple restrictive measures may apply to your business dealings

The demands on compliance programmes and procedures have increased considerably in recent months, especially in light of the fast-moving...

November 9, 2022

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ABPI urges decisive action to rescue UK clinical trials

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has reported a significant decline in the number of UK industry clinical...

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Kathleen Healy Lucy Carruthers Emily Darlow Amy Rentell

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November 9, 2022

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Worklife 2.0: The Effective Collective – Till derecognition do us part

Since their heyday in the 1970s, union membership in the UK has been in decline. Unions have often been considered synonymous with...

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Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier

November 8, 2022

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EC Leniency FAQs – Another attempt to boost applications?

Already shortly after the entry into force of its current Leniency Notice in 2006, the European Commission (EC) suggested it might be a...

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Frank Röhling Lara Steinbach Uwe Salaschek

November 3, 2022

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German approval of Chinese stake in Hamburg container terminal – a veto in disguise?

On 26 October, the German government partially prohibited the acquisition of a 35% interest in one of Hamburg port’s container terminals...

James Roberts James Raeside

November 2, 2022

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UK Government clarifies detail on new vehicle type approval regime: changes parked for now

The UK Government has recognised the broad consensus across the automotive sector that more time is required to prepare for the UK’s new...

November 1, 2022

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Spain and other EU member states announce their withdrawal from the ECT: what are the implications for investors and arbitrations?

In early October 2022, Spain’s Minister for Energy and Ecological Transition announced the country’s intention to withdraw from the...

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