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The UK Serious Fraud Office recently issued its long-awaited guidance on corporate cooperation. We look here at the key points arising, how the

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Are sanctioned persons entitled to receive interest on sums owed to them which accrue during the period in which they are sanctioned but cannot be

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Both the UK government and the European Commission have recently published guidance for businesses on how to present online standard terms and

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The UK draft regulations and draft guidance on DAC 6 were published on 22 July 2019. For corporates and advisers who thought the text of the EU

On 2 July, after three rather lengthy EU summits, the EU28 leaders surprisingly proposed German Christian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen (formerly

Last week saw Alan Turing announced as the new face of the £50 note, as well as helping to crack the Enigma code, he is credited with being the father

Last week saw Alan Turing announced as the new face of the UK's £50 note. As well as helping to crack the Enigma code, he is credited with being the

Two weeks ago Freshfields launched its international arbitration podcast series. In the first Episode, ‘the complete guide to arbitration funding’

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Class cannot be certified when “defendant will have no opportunity to press at trial genuine challenges to allegations of injury-in-fact,” and

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What happens if you want to enforce a non-compete clause against a departing employee but part of the clause is held to be unreasonably wide? The

Does the current IP framework incentivise and support AI use? How can it accommodate the various ways AI will be used? The two-day AI: Decoding IP

The contribution of cultural weaknesses to major conduct failings is widely acknowledged, but not always easily prevented. Drawing on broader

News stories of large scale cyber-attacks (often resulting in data breaches andor IP losses) are becoming ever more common. This week it was made