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Tax and the City briefing for November 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews examine the new hybrid capital instrument regime and the legislative change to combat ‘offshore looping’. They also look at the decisions in GDF Suez Teesside and Volkswagen Financial Services A new, non-sector...
Cookie consent and the GDPR: a recipe for disaster? This article discusses the complex area of cookie consent post-GDPR and analyses the different approaches organisations have taken to this issue. The arrival of the GDPR has added another layer of complexity to an already difficult area of privacy law. It...
Incentives Bulletin High Court dismissed claim that use of malus clause was unfair; Budget 2018; PRA Remuneration compliance; HMRC ERS bulletin: non-statutory clearance for share scheme queries Topics covered in this bulletin: High Court dismissed claim that use of a malus...
Brexit Essentials: No deal - the competition regime This briefing considers what we now know about the future application of the EU and UK antitrust rules in a no deal scenario On 30 October 2018 the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a series of statements setting out how it intends to...
Cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets: Hong Kong's new approach The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued two publications on 1 November 2018 setting out a new regulatory approach for virtual assets. The SFC’s new approach is described in further detail in our Client Briefing. The Hong Kong...
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter No deal? CMA announces standalone post-Brexit competition regime No deal? CMA announces standalone post-Brexit competition regime The UK Government and the CMA have recently announced a framework for the transition to a standalone UK competition regime in...
Employment Bulletin employer’s vicarious liability for employee’s deliberate data breach; Company liable for director’s assault on employee; mandatory ethnicity reporting; co-worker can be liable for whistleblowing dismissal Topics covered in this bulletin: Court of Appeal...
Pensions Bulletin Bulk DC transfers; Master Trusts regime; Pension Schemes Newsletter 103; GMP Equalisation schemes must take action; PPF Compensation following Hampshire; failure to allocate contributions Topics covered in this bulletin: New law Bulk DC transfers without...
Deal or No deal: IP Brexit will have a significant impact on intellectual property rights.  EU law provides the legal framework for important pan-European rights which are of considerable value to IP owners, in particular, EU trade marks, design rights and database rights....
The long arm of the law: EU privacy regulators enforcing the GDPR's extra-territorial reach This briefing considers the steps taken by the UK ICO and how, in light of the increasing number of high profile data incidents, Asia-based organisations need to be aware of the steps they should take in order to mitigate the risks of such incidents...