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Conflicting counterfactuals: The High Court disagrees with the CAT, ruling that MasterCard's multilateral interchange fees are lawful Explores the different approaches taken by the High Court and the CAT to damages claims against MasterCard, and what might happen next
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter Buyer(s) beware – the European Commission imposes fines of €68 million on participants in a car battery purchasing cartel
Share splitting and takeover schemes: the Dee Valley case A short briefing note on the High Court's ruling in Re Dee Valley Group plc and its implications for takeovers implemented by way of schemes of arrangement
P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Trade Union Act; New rates of National Living Wage; Refusal of time off; Dismissal for using confidential information; Employer made unlawful offer; Gender pay gap;
P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Gender pay gap; anti-franking incorrect benefit quotes; Age discrimination transitional pension provisions; link between injury and benefit; ICO guidance; pensions tax on overseas pensions  
Tax and the City briefing for February 2017 Jeanette Zaman and Zoe Andrews discuss, inter alia, the impact of Brexit on financial services and the Commission's preliminary view on possible State aid in favour of GDF Suez.
Implementation of the Damages Directive across the EU Update on the implementation process and the scope for a harmonised cross-EU approach; key implications for clients potentially involved in competition damages actions
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter ECJ dismisses majority of appeals in bathroom fittings cartel cases
What does the UK Government’s proposed industrial strategy mean for UK competition policy? The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy last month published its highly anticipated Green Paper on “Building our Industrial Strategy"
DOTAS: where are we now? Jeanette Zaman and James Hume examine the effects of the financial products hallmark (Tax Avoidance Schemes (Prescribed Descriptions of Arrangements) Regulations, SI 2006/1543, reg 19), introduced last year.
Restructuring Regimes at the Cross-Roads: Reform or Reflect? Considers the key elements of the EU harmonisation drive and asks whether this is the time to reform, or the time to pause and reflect. 
Insurance outlook 2017 A review of the ECJ’s ruling in McFadden v Sony, addressing the liability of providers of free and open Wi-Fi services for copyright infringement.
P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Negligent dereliction of duty; refusal to move mobility clause; misuse of stolen confidential information; scope of collective bargaining; executive remuneration; high heels and dress codes
P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Provision of information regulations; pensions tax on overseas pensions; Salary Sacrifice; Silentnight; LGPS; CETVs; unauthorised late PCLs; IORP II; First fines for master trusts; ICO
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter EU ordered to pay over €50,000 in damages in first excessive length of proceedings case