Morgan Lewis

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12/19/08 Will the UK Lose Its Working Time “Opt-Out”?

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

The Working Time Directive of the European Union (the Directive) is a collection of regulations concerning hours of work, designed to protect the health and safety of workers. “Workers” includes employees, most... more

11/07/08 The New UK Immigration System for Work Permits: What Employers Need to Know Now

LawFlash/Client Alert | Immigration Alert
Immigration Practice

The UK government has recently announced that a new immigration system for sponsoring foreign nationals (that is, foreign nationals who are not from one of the countries that make up the European Economic Area, or “non-... more

10/28/08 Temporary Agency Workers Directive Approved by European Parliament

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On 22 October 2008, the European Parliament approved the Temporary Agency Workers Directive whereby temporary agency workers (temps) will be entitled, from the commencement of their employment, to the same trea... more

09/30/08 Financial Assistance Regime in the UK Repealed for Private Companies

LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance Practice

On 1 October 2008, the Companies Act prohibition under English law on the giving of financial assistance by a private company for the acquisition of its shares will be repealed.

Section 151 of the Comp... more

July 2008 Advanced Therapies Regulation, European BioPharmaceutical Review

Outside Publications | Article
Anthony Warnock-Smith, Natalie Kingston

07/08/08 FSA Proposes Extension of UK Major Shareholder Notification Requirements to Equity Contracts for Differences (Including Equity Swaps and Other Equity Derivatives)

LawFlash/Client Alert | Securities Industry FYI
Securities Industry Practice

In the light of responses to its 2007 consultation paper on the disclosure of Contracts for Differences (CP07/20), the United Kingdom’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has decided to implement a general disc... more

06/19/08 New UK Disclosure Regime for Short Positions in Companies Undertaking Rights Issues

LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance Practice

On 13 June, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK announced the introduction of new provisions in its Code of Market Conduct which will require the disclosure of “significant” short positions in stoc... more

05/15/08 Will the new dispute resolution rules prove as cumbersome as the old? People Management

Outside Publications | Article
Simeon Spencer

04/28/08 Judges' BAE Ruling Struck a Vital Blow for the Rule of Law, The Lawyer (click here to read the article)

Outside Publications | Article
Robert Goldspink

04/07/08 Companies Act 2006: Private Companies No Longer Required to Have a Company Secretary

LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance

The Companies Act 2006, which partly consolidates and partly revises English company law, is being implemented in a number of stages. As part of the latest implementation, which became effective on 6 April 2008... more

04/03/08 Execution of Documents by English Companies

LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance

The Companies Act 2006, which partly consolidates and partly revises English company law, is being implemented in a number of stages. As part of the latest implementation, which becomes effective on 6 April 200... more

December 2007 Corporate Crimes: Exposure of the British for Overseas Bribery, Bloomberg European Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3

Outside Publications | Article
Robert Goldspink, Emma O'Kane

07/16/07 Directors Duties, Parliamentary Video Podcasts: (Click here to view the podcast.)

Presentation | Speech
Catherine McLoughlin, Keith Black

01/08/07 Obligations for UK Companies to Disclose Corporate Details Extended to Websites and Electronic Communications

LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Business and Finance

On December 22, 2006, the UK Government published The Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006. Under the Regulations, from January 1, 2007, existing and new companies formed and register... more

November 2006 Bringing a Drug to Market in the European Union

White Paper | Morgan Lewis White Paper
Catherine McLoughlin, Anthony Warnock-Smith, Keith Black

For businesses in any industry, the European Union (EU) is a market force to be reckoned with. Currently made up of 25 Member States, the EU is the world’s largest economy by gross domestic product, and it is the third l... more

2 November 2006 Defective Defence, Legal Week

Outside Publications | Article
Anthony Warnock-Smith

10/16/06 New Age Discrimination Laws in Europe: How They Differ from U.S. Law

Presentation | Webcast
Kenneth Turnbull, François Vergne, Simeon Spencer, Walter Ahrens

The European partners of Morgan Lewis's International Employment Practice discussed the impact of the latest European age discrimination legislation:

  • Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 in the UK
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08/15/06 The Financial Services Authority's Enforcement Procedures in the United Kingdom

White Paper | Morgan Lewis White Paper
Jon Gerty, Robert Falkner

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) gives the FSA significant powers to impose a variety of sanctions on firms and individuals for breaches of rules under FSMA and other legislation. The FSA can publicly... more

08/15/06 The Financial Services Authority's Market Abuse Regime in the United Kingdom

White Paper | Morgan Lewis White Paper
Jon Gerty, Robert Falkner

On 1 July 2005, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulation 2005 (the “Regulations”) came into force in order to implement the EC Directive on Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation (Market Abuse) ... more

03/13/06 Managing European Employees: Extending Codes of Conduct and Respecting Employee Privacy Rights

Presentation | Webcast
Kenneth Turnbull, Mark Dichter, François Vergne, Simeon Spencer, Walter Ahrens


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