Mar 29, 2023 Dawn raids on the rise? By Eleni Papadopoulos The European Commission appears to be leading the way in a rise in dawn raids, possibly in an attempt to kick-start cartel enforcement...
Mar 22, 2023 UK schemes - prospectus mix & muddle By Tom Rose The exciting times for UK public M&A/ECM practitioners continue. The FCA has decided in PMB 44 not to publish a Technical Note saying...
Mar 20, 2023 ESG laundering: private fund managers reconsidering where their capital is coming from By Harriet Miller We have seen significant growth in the number of private funds being raised that consider sustainability characteristics or seek to have...
Mar 17, 2023 OFSI publishes new guidance on ownership and control By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley On 16 March, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) updated its enforcement and monetary penalties for breaches of...
Mar 16, 2023 Chancellor announces one of the biggest changes to pensions tax rules - what it means in practice By Faye Jarvis Camilla Barry Scarlett Yu The UK Government has today announced some significant changes to the pension tax allowances: the lifetime allowance will be abolished...
Mar 14, 2023 Investor onboarding: a case study in alternative delivery By Drew Honeywell Kulow Sapheen Meran Changing the approach to the delivery of legal services requires choices to be made. Broadly, these fall into two decisions. How can we...
Mar 02, 2023 The Consumer Duty and the fight over the regulatory philosophy governing UK financial services By Gavin Haran The FT published a report, widely picked up elsewhere, that the UK’s City Minister, Andrew Griffith, has criticised the FCA’s flagship...
Feb 27, 2023 International evidence gathering - §1782 application found not to be “unconscionable” By Nikolas Ireland Madeleine Brown Obtaining evidence from an overseas jurisdiction should be a consideration of all litigants engaged in disputes with an international...
Feb 27, 2023 Road blocks to Roblox? New data protection guidance for game developers By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published new guidance for video game developers on protecting children. This...
Feb 24, 2023 New frontiers of English law: UKJT publishes legal statement on digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda In our last post, we discussed the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force's (UKJT) consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital...
Feb 22, 2023 Meta successfully resists certification in data privacy collective action By Jennifer Reeves Simon Day Cameron Firth In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45...
Feb 20, 2023 Generative AI’s copyright conundrum By Charlie Burrell Mark Cusack AI tools which produce realistic content have burst onto the scene over the past 12 months. From the images generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E...
Feb 17, 2023 Home Office decides not to appeal landmark EU Settlement Scheme judgment By Tom Marsom Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two step EU Settlement Scheme application...
Feb 14, 2023 CMA joins global competition authorities in focusing on compliance in labour markets By Rachel Carter Charlie Critchley Richard Pepper The CMA has issued a publication concerning competition law compliance in labour markets. The guidance, which was published last week,...
Feb 14, 2023 First out of the gate: what can we learn from the First Tier Tribunal’s first remediation contribution order? By Richard Alam The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) recently published its first decision on an application for a remediation contribution order, in the case...
Feb 13, 2023 Crypto advertising in the UK - new regulatory regime incoming By Alishea Patel Rosie Duckworth On 1 February HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on its proposals for a financial services regulatory regime for...