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Brexit Essentials: IP rights post-Brexit A review of IP rights post-Brexit in the light of the recent EU/UK agreement on some key IP issues in the draft Withdrawal Agreement Following months of silence, clarity on IP issues post-Brexit is emerging for the first time. On 19 March 2018, the EU an... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter European Commission conditionally clears Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto European Commission conditionally clears Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto On 21 March 2018 the European Commission conditionally cleared the proposed acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer ... Brexit Essentials: Implementing Transition Following on from our briefing on the EU's draft Withdrawal Agreement, our latest Briefing provides an update on key developments and a reminder of the major milestones ahead.  Phase II of the Brexit negotiations has concluded, the negotiat... A Culture of Fear or Rescue? - Consultation on Insolvency and Corporate Governance Summarises the Government's consultation on proposals designed to reduce the risk of major company failures and to strengthen the responsibilities of directors in the context of actual or threatened insolvency.  The Government has issued a consu... UK Government increases its scope to review takeovers on national security grounds This article considers the Government's expansion of the scope of its jurisdiction to review the acquisition of control over enterprises on national security grounds The UK Government has announced that it is expanding the scope of its existing jurisdicti... The GDPR, market disrupters and innovators: friends or foes? This briefing addresses the perception that data protection legislation and innovation are incompatible and suggests ways in which innovation can in fact be part of an active strategy for compliance with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation,... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Employment rates and limits; Failure to disclose relationship; working late; Pre-cancerous condition deemed disability; No obligation revisit dismissal decision; Use of NDAs; Women on boards; Topics covered in this bulletin: New Publication Employment ra... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Bulk transfer of contracted out rights without member consent; Bulk DC transfers without member consent; Deferred debt arrangements; Disclosure costs, charges, investments; Scottish income tax Topics covered in this bulletin: The Watch List New Law Bulk ... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter European Commission unconditionally clears Luxottica/Essilor merger after Phase II review European Commission unconditionally clears Luxottica/Essilor merger after Phase II review The European Commission announced on 1 March 2018 that it has unconditional... Tax and the City briefing for March 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the decision in Hastings Insurance Services Limited v HMRC and the effect of US tax reform on financial services Taxpayers and advisers have had a couple of months to digest the detail of the US tax reform....