The Civil Transactions Law (the CTL) enacted by Royal Decree No M/191 (the Royal Decree) has been in full effect for over a year, seeding...
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2024 was an eventful year for UK shareholder litigation, and 2025 looks set to bring about a number of further significant developments....
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We are continuing to see a significant number of large-scale tax investigations and disputes internationally, and with governments across...
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Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
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PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ More than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used globally in industrial and consumer...
Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...
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Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) passed the law already adopted by the German Parliament (Bundestag) to introduce a new...
In a recent decision, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed that the FCA can impose a redress requirement on an FCA-regulated firm without...
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The European Union‘s updated Product Liability Directive (PLD), adopted by the European Council today and expected to come into effect in...
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The German justice system is to become more digital. One of the planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by the Federal Ministry...