9/11/2025 8:48:40 AM High Court reinforces need for scrutiny of costs in large-scale group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Benjamin Ng Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less The High Court has reaffirmed a number of key principles for managing costs in large-scale group litigation, following a two-day hearing...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
7/14/2025 8:10:30 AM European Commission gives informal guidance on port equipment sustainability agreement and automotive licensing negotiation group By Dominic Divivier Tobias Klose Thomas Lübbig Corin Gittinger Joanna Goyder +2 more... Show less The European Commission has given informal guidance to two groups of competitors who are collaborating to achieve EU sustainability and...
3/6/2025 11:01:10 AM Moving goalposts of the German transaction value threshold: An end to broad and vague interpretations at last? By Peter Niggemann Frank Montag Ilka Oberländer Dominic Divivier Vera Barthel-Westphal Jonas Levermann Miriam Swamy-von Zastrow +4 more... Show less Since it was introduced to German merger control in 2017, the transaction value threshold has caused significant uncertainties for...
2/14/2025 1:23:31 PM Freshfields’ geopolitical conversations at Munich Security Conference 2025 By Beth George Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Alex Schmidtke Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less What specific impacts of geopolitical tensions are companies facing today? How should governments balance free trade with the protection...
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...
7/5/2024 12:45:00 PM High Court lays down important points of principle for costs budgeting in large-scale and complex group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has laid down a number of significant points of principle for cost management exercises...
6/14/2024 6:37:33 PM EU to impose special tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles By Arne Constantin-Krawinkel Lorand Bartels In a press release of 12 June 2024, the European Commission (‘Commission’) announced its provisional conclusion that the battery electric...
12/5/2023 4:22:02 PM UK government seeks to supercharge battery investment By Rebecca Fenning Sanjana Canumalla Emma Franck-Gwinnell The UK’s first ever Battery Strategy (the Strategy), published last week, sets out the Government’s positive commitment to development in...
11/8/2023 11:57:19 AM Unlocking a “transport revolution”: UK Automated Vehicles Bill announced in King’s Speech By James Roberts Georgina Bayly In the King’s Speech on Tuesday, King Charles announced on behalf of the UK Government that “Ministers will introduce new legal...
10/18/2023 6:42:44 PM California’s Delete Act Could Be Next Frontier Beyond CCPA By Christine Lyon Jackson Myers Freshfields’ Christine Lyon and Jackson Myers analyze California’s newly signed Delete Act and how it could affect state residents’...
10/17/2023 12:50:30 PM UK Department for Transport proposes extensions to GB vehicle type approval regime By James Roberts James Raeside Georgina Bayly In a consultation published last week, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking limited views on a proposed extension to the GB...