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Regulating Digital Hub Welcome to the Slaughter and May Regulating Digital Hub. We bring you insight covering the changing landscape and competing interests around data, big data, competition and regulation. Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (29 September - 12 October 2021) Court of Justice rules that subsidiaries can be liable for harm caused by cartels Court of Justice rules that subsidiaries can be liable for harm caused by cartels On 6 October 2021 the European Court of Justice (CJ) confirmed that damages cla... BLOG: Graphite or Diamonds? The complications of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism(s) Graphite and diamonds: take just one element - carbon - and assemble it differently, and you get a strikingly different result. The same could be said of carbon pricing. While the concept is widely accepted as a key part of the net zero push, how these ca... Shareholder Climate Change Activism in the 2021 AGM Season - and what's coming next In this article, Jeff Twentyman and George Murray take a look at how those climate-related pressures have played out and evolved over the 2021 season, how the mood has changed, and where we are likely to go next. In April, we considered the different pre... Global Investigations Bulletin (October 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for October 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss NatWest’s guilty plea for breaches of the 2007 Money Laundering Regulations, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. ... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – October 2021 Development's in this month's edition include:​​​​​​​ Delegation and internal tasks – ECB decisions published in OJ SSM – ECB speech on obstacles to banking sector integration in EU legislation CRR – SRB publishes communicat... European Commission proposals on the review of Solvency II On 22 September the European Commission published legislative proposals for amendments to the Solvency II Directive arising out of the 2020 Solvency II Review. This is the first major review of the directive since its implementation at the beginning ... Pensions Bulletin - September 2021 New guidance from the Pensions Regulator: corporate and financing activity; The Pension Regulator’s draft Code of Practice; normal minimum pension; PPF compensation cap; overpayments case In this month’s Pensions Bulletin, we cover details o... BLOG: What’s the difference between nothing and nil? A tax deduction! Net accounting has always thrown up some difficult questions for taxpayers and their advisers looking to claim a deduction for something that cannot be seen on the face of the accounts. This is particularly so when an amount for which the taxpayer would l... Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: managing co-dependency is key to success Carbon capture and storage (“CCS”, or “CCUS” where usage of the CO₂ captured is contemplated) in the UK has been identified as a “necessity, not an option” by the UK’s Climate Change Committee. Five industrial clusters have met the eligibility criteria as...