With the UK and the wider EU facing the consequences of the Brexit vote, businesses globally need to manage the challenges and pursue the opportunities. Visit our dedicated Brexit hub for the latest news and developments. At Clifford Chance, we have been working for several years to understand what form a potential Brexit could take and the …
Kelley Drye Brexiteers claim that leaving the EU single market and customs union creates a golden opportunity for the UK to regain power over its international trade. The potential future post-Brexit free-trade agreement that has received the most attention is that between the U.S. and the UK. A U.S.-UK Trade and Investment Working Group was set up in …
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AML360 – Following on from my article last week, I will continue on the subject of client profiling. It is an area in the AML CFT Act that is not well understood – from both the obligations to conduct client risk profiling, as well as the purpose and advantages that arise from establishing a …
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Baker & McKenzie – On 28 June 2018, Baker McKenzie hosted a breakfast and briefing in the Washington, DC Office on the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The event provided a forum to discuss legal and policy issues relating to increased FARA registrations and a possible new era in FARA enforcement by the US Department of …
Hogan Lovells – China has become a new battlefield in the global patent war amongst tech giants in the telecom industry. On 4 January 2018, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court (“Court“) rendered a landmark judgment in the Huawei v. Samsung standard essential patent (“SEPs“) case that is expected to reshape dynamics between the SEP licensors and licensees. …
Huawei v. Samsung – Setting a New Standard For Patent Litigation in China? Read More »
Davis Polk – The Supreme Court Holds that American Pipe Tolling Does Not Apply to Subsequent Class Actions; Clarifies that Five-Year Period for Section 10(b) Claims Is a Statute of Repose On June 11, 2018, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in China Agritech v. Resh, 1 holding that the American Pipe …
Robinson + Cole – Drones may be a relatively new technology, but artificial intelligence (AI) is already taking over. Autonomous drones are becoming more and more prevalent across all types of industries –from agriculture to construction to insurance. AI has actually started to become a force to be reckoned with in the drone industry –AI …
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13 June 2018 | PUBLICATION Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share on Twitter Share via email The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing a number of amendments to the Climate Change (Forestry Sector) Regulations 2008 (Regulations), which govern forestry activities under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). These changes are being progressed separately from …
Baker & McKenzie – Baker & McKenzie have prepared a series on international gender pay issues and regulations, including issues relating to investor demands, equal pay lawsuits, how the gap can be narrowed and other issues. For the link to the series see below. Global proliferation of regulation The World Economic Forum’s most recent Global …
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Davis Polk – On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that he was terminating the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) with Iran and issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NSPM”) directing his administration to immediately begin the process of fully re-imposing sanctions that target critical sectors of Iran’s economy, …
Iran Sanctions: U.S. Sanctions to “Snap Back” After Limited Wind-down Period Read More »
