On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
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On day 2 of this year’s virtual City Week event, I was joined by investigators and regulators to discuss the latest developments in...
The start of the new EU Commission might be delayed but the Commissioner-designate for Jobs, Mr. Nicolas Schmit (a Member of European...
A new UK law[1] enters into force today making it a criminal offence to breach the so-called ‘EU Blocking Statute’[2] in relation to...
On 24 January 2019, the Romanian Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on key aspects of...
The new year had barely started when EUIPO released a decision that has left many commentators baffled: On the 11th of January 2019 the...
The General Court has partially annulled a Commission fining decision concerning patent settlements entered into by Servier and five...
10 years ago the world’s economy and financial markets were shaken by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The EU faced the most serious...
As many potentially-affected UK multinationals are well aware, there is an ongoing EU state aid investigation into the UK’s controlled...
New EU rules which purport to clamp down on “aggressive tax planning” are set to impose a huge compliance burden on taxpayers and their...
The products that we use have changed a lot since the Product Liability Directive (85/374/EEC) (the PLD) was adopted in July 1985. That...
The European Commission has today proposed legislation to address the fragmentation of protection for whistleblowers across the EU. The...