31 Mar, 2022 Investment Treaty Disputes in the Natural Resources Sector in Latin America: What issues to consider when calculating damages? By Noiana Marigo Hinda Rabkin Many investment treaty arbitrations in Latin America relate to investments in the natural resources sector. This is unsurprising. Latin...
30 Mar, 2022 UK MHRA annual report on medicines advertising 2021: seven key themes By Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy Andrew Austin On 17 March 2022, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its 2021 annual report on the regulation of...
30 Mar, 2022 UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement signed By Anthony Parry Our recent note on the UK-Australia agreement foreshadowed the conclusion of a UK-New Zealand agreement: this has now been signed. It is...
29 Mar, 2022 UK withdraws Russia WTO privilege by increasing tariffs on Russian goods By Ashmita Garrett Lorand Bartels The UK government has now imposed a 35% tariff uplift on goods imported from Russia and Belarus. The list of affected goods is here and...
28 Mar, 2022 Healthcare sector remains antitrust enforcement priority in China By Kailun Ji Ninette Dodoo Hazel Yin Tracy Lu +1 more... Show less The pharmaceutical sector, like China’s digital markets (see our previous briefing), is attracting attention from China’s State...
25 Mar, 2022 State aid: The Commission has adopted a Temporary Crisis Framework in response to the conflict in Ukraine By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Gabriel Andraos Clémence Coppin +1 more... Show less On 23 March 2022, in response to the conflict in Ukraine, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted a Temporary Crisis Framework...
24 Mar, 2022 UK CMA seeks to assess compliance with consumer law guidance for fertility clinics By Harriet Hanks James Smith Xavier Chitnavis Andrew Austin +1 more... Show less On 10 March 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a questionnaire in the context of its ongoing compliance review...
23 Mar, 2022 Reforming the exclusion rules in UK public procurement By Oliver Sangster Ben Morgan Under the current procurement rules, parties can be excluded from bidding for public contracts on the basis of their past conduct. For...
22 Mar, 2022 MedTech Europe issues compliance guidance to members on providing emergency support to Ukraine By Harriet Hanks As the UK government announces that it has donated over two million medical items to Ukraine, MedTech Europe (the European trade...
22 Mar, 2022 The recovery of damages under Saudi law: understanding the basics By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Muhammad Alshamkhi Unlike other jurisdictions in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s legal system is based almost exclusively on the teachings of Islam. Article...
21 Mar, 2022 How the FIU’s innovation and risk-based approach are tackling money laundering in Germany By Moritz Pellmann Marcel Michaelis Anne Wellstein In a recent meeting of the German Bundestag’s Financial Committee, Christof Schulte, announced that the Financial Intelligence Unit...
18 Mar, 2022 When sanctions preclude payment or performance of a contract: Key points to consider By Matt Evans Ali Kirby-Harris Simon Orton Tom Hutchison David Livshiz Martin Mekat +3 more... Show less The many sanctions against Russian businesses imposed by governments across the globe have, by design, prevented numerous companies from...