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Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 24 October 2024
Disputes Briefcase A regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team.
Competition and Regulatory Newsletter: European Court of Justice rules on FIFA transfer rules On 4 October 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJ) held that FIFA’s international transfer rules for football players breached EU competition law and were comparable to ‘no poach’ agreements between clubs. The judgment adds to the growing body of case...
UK Supreme Court confirms power to grant anti-suit injunctions in support of foreign-seated arbitration agreements The UK Supreme Court in UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance has issued its reasons for its unanimous decision in April to uphold an anti-suit injunction granted by the Court of Appeal requiring a party to cease Russian court proceedings brought in breach of...
First English judgment on LIBOR transition - Standard Chartered PLC v Guaranty Nominees Ltd & others On 15 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Standard Chartered PLC v Guaranty Nominees Ltd & others, a case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme relating to the transition from LIBOR to alternative benchmark rates. We...
AI and competition law – what’s been happening? In this podcast, Laura Houston and Jordan Ellison discussed the changing tech environment, particularly around AI, and its effect on the legal landscape. As part of their conversation, they discussed the new EU AI Act which will soon become law,...
EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – October 2024 Developments in this month's edition include:
Tax and the City Review - October 2024 In their latest Tax and the City article, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider: the FTT’s decision in Barclays on eligibility for VAT grouping; the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Muller on the interaction of the taxation of partnership rules with the related...
Inside Information and the Market Misconduct Regime The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently commenced Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) proceedings in connection with alleged insider dealing and late disclosure of inside information relating to the securities of Hong Kong listed company,...
Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 17 October 2024
Are you ready for NIS2? The new EU cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at EU member state level by 18 October. It provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU, building on the first NIS Directive and focussing on an expanded list of essential and...
Bank of England's consultation on amendments to MREL In this briefing we consider the impact of the consultation published by the Bank of England on 15 October 2024 on proposed amendments to consolidate and simplify the approach to setting a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
Corporate Update Bulletin - 17 October 2024 Corporate Update is our fortnightly bulletin highlighting the latest legal and regulatory developments of interest to corporates.
Competition Law in the Digital Age - October 2024 Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format. This edition covers the Illumina/GRAIL ECJ judgment, the French AI opinion, the Spanish Apple probe, the...
The Future of Stadium & Arena Development Although the UK construction market is well versed in the delivery of complex and often world leading development projects, stadia and arenas are uniquely challenging. They are emotive and transformational projects for clients, the ...