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May 30, 2022

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UK advertising regulators grapple with the challenges of digital marketing

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The 2021 Annual Report released by the UK’s advertising regulator, the ASA, emphasises its increasingly proactive approach to...

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Brin Rajathurai Bob van Kasteren Lea Bareil

May 30, 2022

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DEBRA, do you recall…ACE? The Commission’s latest attempt to tackle the debt-equity bias

It has been tried before. People said it would never happen – but could things be different this time round?

The European Commission...

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Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Katharina Reinhardt

May 26, 2022

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New EU Framework for In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices – are you “IVDR ready”?

Today (26 May 2022) marks an important day for everyone dealing with in vitro diagnostics (IVDs), i.e. devices such as self-tests for...

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Emma Probyn Thomas Clark Flavia Williams Pablo Lopez-West

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May 24, 2022

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UK shareholder claims: ten takeaways from the full Autonomy judgment

The full judgment in Autonomy Corporation Limited and others v Lynch and another ([2022] EWHC 1178) has now been handed down. Autonomy

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Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Engie Mohsen Muhammad Alshamkhi

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May 24, 2022

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Terminating construction contracts under Saudi Law

Termination clauses feature in virtually every construction contract. They are particularly important in the construction industry due to...

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Anthony Parry

May 23, 2022

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UK announces bill to amend Northern Ireland Protocol

When we last looked at the Northern Ireland protocol saga the UK was looking at invoking Article 16 of the protocol to suspend some if...

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Mili Astesiano Menachem Kaplan Timothy Howard

May 20, 2022

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Data Scraping Does It Again

Once again, hiQ wins the day in the continuous data scraping saga. In the most recent ruling, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

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Melanie Fitzsimons Paul Davison Brin Rajathurai

May 19, 2022

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Financial Services exclusion from the OECD pillar one proposals

The OECD has published a consultation on the exclusion of certain Financial Services entities from pillar one of its two-pillar solution...

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Hannah Smith Sofia Svinkovskaya Matei Purice

May 19, 2022

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Renewable energy projects – shifting towards alternative delivery structures?

As demand for renewable energy grows as part of the global energy transition, we have seen an increased interest in finding alternative...

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Tone Oeyen Alex Potter Konstantin Bondarenko Joanna Goyder Karen Slaney Lucas Vanassche

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May 19, 2022

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EU’s updated distribution rules

On 10 May 2022, the European Commission published the updated Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines on Vertical...

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Natalia Zibibbo Pedro Ramirez

May 16, 2022

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Can technology bring about greener and more cost-efficient arbitrations?

Did you know that offsetting the carbon emissions of a medium-sized arbitration would require planting nearly 20,000 trees, or all of the...

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Xavier Chitnavis James Roberts

May 13, 2022

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New Code, more shows: UK Government proposes updates to the Highway Code

The UK Government recently published the outcome of its April 2021 consultation concerning ‘Rules on the safe use of automated vehicles’....

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May 12, 2022

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The EIB Group and the EU Public Prosecutor - a partnership to watch

In 2021 the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) – consisting of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment...

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May 12, 2022

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Hold the Queen’s virtual horses: an opportunity to consider further the UK’s new rules for digital firms and their place in the wider reform jigsaw?

Following Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech, it appears that both the broader reforms to the UK’s competition and consumer laws (see here)...

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Felicitas Weber Sascha Arnold

May 12, 2022

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Are new EU Sanctions on government contracting a "Don't Buy Russian" rule?

The European Union continues to impose new sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia, in response to the war in Ukraine...

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Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Peter Kerr-Davis

May 12, 2022

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UK pension scheme funding requirements – what is going on?

On 29 April, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published its 2022 Annual Funding Statement, which confirmed that 2022 is likely to be a year...

May 11, 2022

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Madrid Court of Arbitration Releases Updated Rules

On 2 February 2022, the new Rules of Arbitration of the Madrid Court of Arbitration (the CAM) (the 2022 Rules), approved in January 2022...

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May 11, 2022

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The Queen’s Speech – what next for UK financial services?

The 2022 Queen’s Speech contained details of two proposed Bills that will impact the financial services community.

The Financial Services...

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David Mendel Eloise Rennie Rachel Harris

May 11, 2022

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The war in Ukraine: UK employment considerations

This blog post is part of a series that intends to explore local employment law landscapes across Europe in relation to the war in Ukraine

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Andreas von Bonin Lea Bareil

May 10, 2022

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EU citizens submit their wish list for the Europe of tomorrow

On 9 May 2022, “Europe Day”, Strasbourg was home to the closing ceremony of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE), an...

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Amr Omran Jon Gilbert Richard Johnson Sara Barin Annie Whiteside

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May 9, 2022

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Joint venture partnering on renewable energy projects

Joint ventures (JVs) are an increasingly popular form of business partnership on renewable energy projects, and play an important role in...

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Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Rebecca Webster

May 5, 2022

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Pensions overfunding: free money for members?

Trustees and sponsors of UK defined benefit (DB) pension plans are rightly focused on ensuring that those plans are appropriately funded...

Timothy Harkness Kristina Weiler

May 2, 2022

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Re-assessing business litigation risk: From a US-centric to a multijurisdictional disputes landscape

According to conventional wisdom, the level of transnational litigation in US courts is steadily increasing. This is due to...

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Moritz Pellmann Nicholas Schoch

May 2, 2022

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Germany’s new draft Whistleblower Protection Act

The deadline for implementing the EU Whistleblowing Directive expired in December 2021 yet Germany still lacks an implementation law. In...

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