2/20/2025 11:58:58 AM Court of Appeal rejects Libya’s claim for immunity from enforcement By Sarah Parkes Anthea Bowater Andrew Layland The English Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from the State of Libya (Libya) on the question of whether the phrase “final, binding...
1/29/2025 5:31:47 PM 2025 Transnational Litigation Trends By Timothy Harkness Amella Viso Taylor Jachman Paloma Palmer +1 more... Show less Below is a link to our anticipated 2025 Trends in Transnational Litigation, which examines several pivotal developments poised to shape...
1/28/2025 11:53:53 AM Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by the Court of Appeal By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Anoushka Nightingale Phoebe Campbell +2 more... Show less The English Court of Appeal has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
1/20/2025 9:50:38 AM The KSA Civil Transactions Law Applied: Exceptions to Retrospective Effect By Amani Khalifa Kamel Diab 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...
1/16/2025 3:13:24 PM UK shareholder litigation: 5 key themes from 2024 and what they mean for 2025 By Emma Probyn Ali Kirby-Harris Flavia Williams Daniaal Azam +1 more... Show less 2024 was an eventful year for UK shareholder litigation, and 2025 looks set to bring about a number of further significant developments....
12/19/2024 9:52:28 AM Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide 2025 By Laura Western We are continuing to see a significant number of large-scale tax investigations and disputes internationally, and with governments across...
12/13/2024 8:26:17 AM New General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) set to transform the EU product compliance framework By Andrew Austin Moritz Becker Laura Knoke Harriet Hanks Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +3 more... Show less Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
11/25/2024 10:01:55 AM PFAS – Civil litigation risks in Europe By Moritz Becker Katharina Shingler Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold +4 more... Show less PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ More than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used globally in industrial and consumer...
11/14/2024 3:54:40 PM English High Court decision indicates EU-wide product approvals do little to prevent product liability claims for damages By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Sanjana Canumalla James Smith Georgina Bayly +2 more... Show less Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
11/5/2024 4:31:59 PM PFAS ban – will the universal restriction see the light of day? By Michael Ramb Sascha Arnold Moritz Becker Nathalie Colin Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Simon Duncombe Katharina Shingler +4 more... Show less The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
10/31/2024 3:36:54 PM UK shareholder claims: no market reliance as English High Court strikes out passive investors’ claims By Emma Probyn Flavia Williams Tobias Messervy-Whiting On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...