4/3/2026 9:36:30 AM More proportionality for smaller institutions and de-scoping of significant institutions – BaFin’s 9th revision of the MaRisk By Jan Struckmann Holger Hartenfels Janina Heinz The German financial services supervisory authority BaFin is consulting the 9th revision of its Minimum Requirements for Risk Management...
4/2/2026 2:13:37 PM DMCCA Subscription Reforms Now Set for Spring 2027 By Andrew Austin Rikki Haria Kate Collister Rachel Duffy +1 more... Show less The UK Government has today published the long-awaited outcome of its consultation on the subscription-related provisions of the Digital...
4/2/2026 7:24:30 AM An Uncertain Path Forward: The ePrivacy Derogation and Child Safety Detection By Theresa Ehlen Daniel Travers Florentine Schulte-Rudzio Gina Claus +1 more... Show less On 3 April 2026, the temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive — the legal basis that has for years allowed technology companies to...
4/1/2026 5:20:20 PM Update: Freshfields’ response to the UK Government’s proposals to overhaul the competition regime By James Aitken Colin Raftery On 20 January 2026, the UK Government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK competition regime. In our previous blog, we...
4/1/2026 8:22:12 AM Shaping Asia’s Infrastructure: Navigating Liquidated Damages Across Asia - How Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Japan Diverge By George Chatham Alex Kieu Sue Ng Jacky Fung Yuu Itoh Ann Matthias +3 more... Show less Introduction A liquidated damages (LD) clause drafted may be perfectly enforceable in Hong Kong for a construction project — but...
3/31/2026 1:04:16 PM Three jurisdictions, one message: Intra-EU arbitral awards remain enforceable beyond EU borders By Carsten Wendler David Livshiz Samantha Tan Joshua Kelly Paige von Mehren Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less The dimension of domestic case law supporting the recognition and enforcement of intra-EU investment arbitration awards continues to...
3/31/2026 10:19:52 AM Beyond the Employment Rights Act – what’s coming into force in April 2026? By David Mendel Kia Aoki The phased implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) is continuing, with a series of important reforms due to take effect in...
3/30/2026 8:56:09 AM Key Duties For Italian Companies With Employees Seconded In Armed Conflict Areas By Luca Capone Giovanni Fabris Introduction While seconding employees abroad is a common practice in a globalized economy, a critical question arises when an armed...
3/27/2026 11:14:07 AM Pay transparency revolution: Navigating the new frontier of pay transparency in France By Elodie Favre-Thellmann Laura Llangozi On 6 March, the French Ministry of Labour shared a first draft law (French draft), implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive (PTD),...
3/27/2026 11:04:01 AM Navigating the evolving landscape: the UK government's response to mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting By David Mendel Charles Smye Matt Swinbank The UK government has published its response to its consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large...
3/25/2026 11:35:36 AM “Retailer loyalty apps” – Current legal developments and what they mean for businesses By Martin Mekat Christoph Werkmeister Dawid Ligocki Maximilian Wellmann Maximilian Rasie +2 more... Show less Retailer loyalty apps have become a fixture of everyday consumer life across Europe, with Germany serving as a prominent example of this...
3/23/2026 1:07:02 PM UK, Finland and the Netherlands announce proposals for a joint defence financing mechanism: will it accelerate procurement cycles and fix market fragmentation? By Kate Gough Robert Colvin Last week Finland, the Netherlands and the UK jointly announced their aim to set up a financing mechanism “by 2027” to “strengthen...