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Beyond adequacy – Brexit’s wider data privacy implications Brexit planning should now firmly be on everyone’s agendas as the end of the transition period looms closer. This podcast discusses the implications of Brexit on data privacy and considers the key, practical steps that organisations need to put in place...
The rise of shareholder group litigation and how to avoid it In this podcast Roland Turnill, Camilla Sanger and Efstathios Michael discuss the rise of shareholder group litigation and some of the issues listed companies should be thinking about, including how to avoid it in the first place.
International transfers of personal data - a way forward? The CJEU Schrems II decision in July caused a consternation in relation to international transfers of personal data out of the EEA and, initially at least, raised more questions than it answered. However, a number of these have now been answered following...
Incentives Bulletin - November 2020 Office of Tax Simplification report; simplification of Capital Gains Tax; Investment Association Principles of Remuneration for 2021; COVID-19 issues for tax advantaged share schemes
Real Estate Newsletter - November 2020 Topics include: Vacant possession - Capital Park v Global Radio Asbestos remediation - Pullman Foods v Welsh Ministers Telecoms Code - Cornerstone v University of the Arts Benefitted land - Bath Rugby v Greenwood Illegality defence - Stoffel & Co. v...
The perils of data: are mass claims for data privacy breaches the new norm? Bigger claims and bigger damages; handling collective actions in a world of third party funding and increased individual awareness  
Unwired Planet v Huawei – Supreme Court confirms English Courts as global ringmasters of FRAND disputes We discuss the Supreme Court answers in Unwired Planet v Huawei to important questions in FRAND licensing disputes which have excited the imagination of lawyers and economists for many years.
Redundancy in focus: The aftermath - what comes next? In the fifth and final episode of our ‘Redundancies in focus’ podcast series, Padraig Cronin and Clare Fletcher discuss the aftermath of redundancies. They consider the recent extension of the furlough scheme and postponement of the Job Retention Bonus,...
Tax and the City Review for November 2020 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the decisions in Blackrock and Total; and the UK’s approach to the export of financial services to the EU after the end of the Brexit transition period.
How Brexit might limit challenges to HMRC decisions Looking at the CJEU decision in Luxembourg v B in the context of the UK's proposed new Financial Institution Notice (which would allow HMRC to request information from financial institutions without prior tribunal approval – and without the...
The New Normal for the Bank Levy A significant package of changes to the bank levy rules comes into force on 1 January 2021. Dominic Robertson explains why the changes were made, and outlines the effect of the reforms: including the impact on non-UK liabilities of banking groups, and on...
National Security and Investment Bill - What you need to know now about the UK's proposed new M&A screening powers On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its much-anticipated National Security and Investment Bill, creating new powers to scrutinise, impose remedies on, or even block, M&A transactions on the basis of national security concerns.  This...
COVID-19: Furlough extension - ten key points for employers HMRC has updated its CJRS guidance to reflect the extension of the furlough (CJRS) scheme to 31 March 2021.
Competition & Regulatory Newsletter European Commission publishes results of its fitness check of the State aid modernisation package On 30 October 2020 the European Commission presented the results of a fitness check on the State aid rules adopted as part of the State aid modernisation...
New Hong Kong regulatory regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges On 3 November 2020 the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau issued a consultation paper to introduce a new licensing regime for virtual asset exchanges (VA exchanges). This client briefing considers the proposals in more detail, including how they...