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Tax and the City Review for September 2021 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews summarise the L Day materials of interest to financial institutions and discuss the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Target Group (on the VAT financial services exemption) and the FTT in Kwik-Fit (on the loan relationships una... UK competition reform proposals - six things competition lawyers should know On 20 July 2021 the UK Government published its long-awaited consultation on reforms to competition and consumer policy. It is the first major review of the UK competition landscape since 2014 and sets out a large number of detailed proposals. This briefi... Reinventing the 9-5: A new way of working requires a new way of thinking As many businesses in Europe and the US welcome back their employees to their offices, the journey to reinvent the 9 to 5 is just beginning. There are numerous legal issues that corporates need to be aware of when designing a new working pattern for their... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter (1 - 14 September 2021) CMA imposes record fine for breaches of IEO. The UK Competition and Markets Authority has imposed a record penalty of £325,000 on ION Investment Group Limited and ION Trading Technologies Limited for breaching an initial enforcement order impos... Slaughter and May Hong Kong 50th anniversary Slaughter and May Hong Kong 50th anniversary Disputes Briefcase A regular digest of key developments in litigation and arbitration, produced by members of our market-leading disputes team. What to do about the EU AI Act? 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, highlight... Employment Law in 2024 2024 is set to be a big year for UK employers. We are anticipating significant changes to employment law, affecting how people work, diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and hiring and firing. In addition, the post-Brexit employment landscape is starti... FCA Consumer Duty: Reflections and Projections in November 2023 Phase 1 Complete; Phase 2 to come! In this podcast, we reflect on the lessons learned from Phase 1 of consumer duty implementation, and the challenges that face firms for closed books ahead of 31 July 2024. This episode sets out a general market-wide over... Hybrid Working, where are we now? Three years on from the pandemic and one year on from our last podcast, what does hybrid working look like and are there any emerging trends? In this podcast, partners Phil Linnard and Jane Edwarde are joined by Martin Boyle (Head of Legal - Dispute Resol...