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Jan Klumb, Ann Baker, Rima Maîtrehenry, Ethan Johnson, Torsten Schwarze, William Yonge, Rebecca Leon
Long-awaited amendments to the EU regime governing public offers of securities take effect on 1 July 2012.
LawFlash/Client Alert | Investment Management LawFlash
Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff, Torsten Schwarze
On September 15, 2010, the European Commission published a proposal ( the Proposal ) for a European Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps ( CDSs ). The Proposal ai... more
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On September 14, 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued its long-awaited decision in Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals v. Commission (Case C-550/07 P), confirming that commu... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act LawFlash
Michael Masling, Jürgen Beninca, Tiffany Johnson
The Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Obama administration has announced on more than one occasion that it is targeting the healthcare industry for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, with a particu... more
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Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff, Torsten Schwarze
Morgan Lewis reported recently on the short selling bans imposed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsich or BaFin) and on a proposed Stability ... more
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On May 27, the European Commission (the Commission) published its new Motor Vehicle Sector Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER) and supplementary Guidelines (the Guidelines). The revision of the rules relating to... more
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Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff, Torsten Schwarze
On May 18, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht , or BaFin) issued three decrees that are aimed at banning naked short selling and certain cred... more
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Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff, Torsten Schwarze
Last week the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ( Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, or BaFin) issued three decrees, dated May 18, 2010, that are aimed at banning naked short sell... more
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Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff, Torsten Schwarze
With three general decrees dated May 18, 2010, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) banned naked short selling (i) in debt securities issued by the EU Member States and denominated in Euro, (ii) in... more
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On April 29, German Advocate General Juliane Kokott at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) handed down her opinion in Akzo v. European Commission (Case C-550/07 P). The opinio... more
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After a long and somewhat contentious review process, the European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited new Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and Guidelines (the Guidelines) on Apri... more
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In AccessData Corporation v. ALSTE Technologies GmbH , 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4566 (D. Utah Jan. 21, 2010) the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, compelled the production of personal ... more
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The German Ministry of Economics has proposed changes to the German Act Against Restraints on Competition ( Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen , or GWB) that would grant the German Federal Carte... more
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On November 27, President José Manuel Barroso of the European Commission announced the new members of the European Commission, naming Spain's Joaquín Almunia as the next EU Commissioner for Competitionmore
Newsletter | International Perspectives
Walter Ahrens
Risk, Reward, and Reform: Remuneration Practices The big-bonus culture associated with financial services institutions worldwide has been heavily criticised in the media as being one of the main…
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its long-awaited decision in C-501/06 P GlaxoSmithKline Services v. Commission today (October 6, 2009). The ECJ overturned the European Commission's (EC's or ... more
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The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) fined U.S.-based international firm CIBA Vision €11.5 million ($16.8 million) for breaking German antitrust law by restricting online trading of its lenses and improperly pres... more
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed September 9, 2009, in Akzo Nobel and Others v. Commission (Case C-97/08 P), that parent companies are presumed to be liable for cartel violations committed by their... more
Newsletter | International Perspectives
Rachel Ashwood, Sarah-Jane Mirou
Going on a Summer Vacation: Vacation Entitlement Policies Summer vacation season provides a timely reminder for employers to consider whether their year-round vacation entitlement policies are… more
Newsletter | International Perspectives
Rachel Ashwood, François Vergne, Walter Ahrens, Sarah-Jane Mirou
Out with the Old and In with the New When the Employment Act 2008 came into force in the UK in April 2009, it introduced a new and simplified system of dealing with workplace problems, particularly discipl... more