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Competition and Regulatory Newsletter Competition Appeal Tribunal issues judgment in Ping’s appeal against a CMA decision that its online sales ban infringed competition law In this update, we look at the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s recent judgment in Ping’s appeal against a Competition and... Restructuring the R&I Regime Discusses Government proposals for reform of the restructuring and insolvency regime, including a new restructuring moratorium and a restructuring procedure with provision for cross-class cram-down The UK restructuring landscape may be about to change. T... Incentives Bulletin Glass Lewis and Investor Shareholder Services encouraging shareholders to vote against remuneration reports; Save as You Earn prospectus; Government abandons abolition of Class 2 NICs Topics covered in this bulletin: Glass Lewis and Investor Shareholder ... Remedies for Patent Infringement in the Medical Sector An article examining recent case law on remedies for patent infringement in the medical sector. A patentee’s remedies for patent infringement can be limited by the courts where a patent relates to a medical product. In Edwards Lifesciences LLC v Boston Sc... Deal or No Deal - UK Government issues technical notice on data protection This article analyses the UK Government’s technical notice on a potential no Brexit deal scenario, with a focus on transfers of personal data outside the EEA. On 13 September, the Government published its technical notice on data privacy if there is no Br... Legal Professional Privilege in Hong Kong: The Impact of the English Court of Appeal’s Decision in ENRC The client briefing considers how the recent decision of the English Court of Appeal in Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 to allow an appeal regarding legal professional privilege in the context of an inter... Tax and the City briefing for September 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider, inter alia, the substance requirements for corporate residence, the input tax deduction rules for financial services post-Brexit, and the divergence of views on the transfer pricing aspects of financial transactions. J... Apple/Shazam: Big Data, Big Tech and M&A – what’s the big deal? Following the EC’s approval of Apple/Shazam, this article looks at some of the key questions facing competition authorities analysing Big Tech deals in Europe The European Commission’s announcement that it has approved Apple’s $400 million acquisition of ... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter CMA provisionally clears SSE/Npower merger CMA provisionally clears SSE/Npower merger On 30 August 2018 the CMA announced its provisional findings that the proposed merger between SSE’s domestic retail energy supply, telecoms and energy-related services b... Pensions Bulletin pension investment reforms; PPF compensation; cold calling ban; BA succeeds in Court of Appeal; Scheme ‘frozen’; no transfer discharge following pensions liberation; EMIR pensions clearing Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law CMA proposals for pensio...