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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 ... Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide – International Arbitration 2024 – England & Wales: Law and Practice The International Arbitration 2024 guide provides the latest legal information on global arbitration practice and trends across over 60 jurisdictions, including on governing legislation, arbitral tribunals, challenges to jurisdiction, preliminary and... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – September 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: PSD2 - EBA and ECB publish joint report on payment fraud EBA publishes results from its first fact-finding exercise on credit worthiness assessment practices of non-bank lenders EBA amends technical standards... EFIG: European Banking Newsletter – October 2024 Developments in this month's edition include: FIDA - ECB publishes opinion regarding supervisory competence  EBA launches 2024 EU-wide transparency exercise SRB publishes second report on smaller banks in the Banking Union Please do contact any of ... 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, Di... 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 unders... Employment Bulletin - October 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: The Employment Rights Bill 2024; The Investment Association’s Principles of Remuneration; Supreme Court finds part-time referees could be employees; Guidance on the new duty to prevent sexual harassment; Horizon scanning T...