7/21/2025 8:20:11 AM Labour exploitation in the context of supply chains is still under the radar of Italian public prosecutors By Luca Capone Federico Mercuri Matteo Tola Giovanni Fabris Giacomo Vergallo +2 more... Show less Introduction In 2024, Italian public prosecutors (especially, the Milan one) increasingly focused their attention on the issue of labour...
7/17/2025 1:46:22 PM Saudi Arabia Introduces New Measures to Advance International Arbitration By Amani Khalifa Kamel Diab Amr Omran Fulwah Alhamed Rawan Bahamran +2 more... Show less The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) has announced a wide-ranging initiative of the Council of Ministers aimed at enhancing...
7/14/2025 12:19:11 PM Renewed plans for a new online procedure for civil proceedings in Germany – the first real-world laboratory procedure in the German justice system By Martina de Lind van Wijngaarden Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Katharina Shingler Fabian Seigfried Helena Pilz +3 more... Show less The German justice system is continuing to become more digital. One of the further planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by...
6/19/2025 1:22:26 PM UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal strike out of bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Elke Kendall Anoushka Nightingale Feon Wong +3 more... Show less The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
6/6/2025 11:56:10 AM Market volatility and UK defined contribution pensions: future risks for employers? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
5/27/2025 11:56:42 AM Market volatility and defined contribution pensions: a new dawn for mass claims? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...
5/26/2025 7:54:03 AM Product Risks Today: Digital services in the scope of the new Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +2 more... Show less Introduction The new Product Liability Directive (PLD) marks a significant evolution in European liability law. While traditionally...
5/8/2025 11:47:24 AM Spain judicial reform: DR Madrid office By Laura Lozano Authored by the DR Madrid team On 3 January 2025, the Official State Gazette published the Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, on measures...
4/24/2025 3:34:37 PM German Election #7: What can we expect in employment law? By Ulrich Sittard The coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD for the next federal government, entitled ‘Responsibility for Germany,’ has been...
4/2/2025 12:53:37 PM ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms – What are their implications for Greenwashing liability and litigation risks in Germany? By Lukas Pfister Johanna Möller Over the last years, the combination of regulatory reporting requirements and an increasing number of cases that further define civil...
4/1/2025 8:25:46 AM Product Risks Today: How the new Product Liability Directive facilitates private enforcement By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
3/27/2025 7:55:49 PM Retrieval duty rejected: Court dismisses new duty for receiving banks in APP fraud By Anthea Bowater Christine Simpson Eleanor Turner The High Court’s recent judgment in Santander UK PLC v CCP Graduate School Ltd provides an important clarification of the duties owed by...