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English High Court grants disclosure of leniency materials in antitrust follow-on damages claim Considers the High Court's ruling and its likely effect on private antitrust damages actions and potential leniency applicants On 4 April 2012, the English High Court gave a long-awaited judgment on an application for disclosure of certain documents ... Who's bribing whom? Do you know, and should you care, what your suppliers are up to? Looks at how the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery under the Bribery Act 2010 relates to outsourcing agreements and other service arrangements The Bribery Act 2010 creates a number of offences, one of which specifically affects organisation... BIS Consultation - the case for and against mandatory Considers the case for and against mandatory merger filings in light of recent BIS consultation paper: 'A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform' The BIS consultation paper contemplates a major reform of the UK compet... Corporate directors and de facto directorship - the Supreme Court requires "something more" Examines Holland v HMRC; Paycheck Services 3 Ltd, in which the Supreme Court considered when a director of a corporate director can be considered a de facto director of the subject company This article analyses the Supreme Court's guidance on what co... Copyright protection for computer software: Functionality loses out again Discusses SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd., which looks at whether owners of computer programs can prevent unauthorised copying of their software application functionality The legal protection afforded to owners of computer programs to prevent... Why smarter procurement means better outsourcing Provides suggestions about how to move towards smarter procurement to save money and increase the likelihood of outsourcing success As the threat of cost cutting looms over nearly all public sector services and many private sector organisations, talk has... Working across the sports sector We support our clients by providing the best quality advice on complex, high value and strategic sports law matters. We represent some of the most famous sports clubs, leading governing bodies, corporate organisations as well as individual clients. With... FRAND Commitments and EC Competition Law: A Rejoinder This is a response to the reply by Damien Geradin and Miguel Rato to the article "FRAND Commitments - The Case for Antitrust Intervention" This rejoinder is a response to the reply by Damien Geradin and Miguel Rato to the article FRAND Commitme... Limitation of Liability - taking an inclusive approach An alternative approach to limiting liability in commercial contracts Lawyers advising on limitations of liability in commercial contracts often rely on concepts and terminology which are not readily understood or applied, either by themselves or, more ... Financing Briefing - Financial Restructuring of Wind Hellas This briefing highlights certain salient features of the financial restructuring of Wind Hellas, the second largest integrated operator of fixed line and mobile telephony services in Greece. This large scale restructuring, which has attracted much attent...