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Changing trends in M&A: locked box v. completion accounts

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, United Kingdom
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May 2 2012

A recent article notes an increasing trend in the United Kingdom and European M&A market to using the "locked box" approach to determine the price for a target business in the context of a private M&A transaction instead of the conventional completion accounts approach

Gender diversity requirements - coming to a listed entity near you?

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, New Zealand
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April 2 2012

The European Commission recently examined gender representation on boards of large companies across the European Union in a paper entitled "Women in Economic Decision-Making in the EU: Progress Report"

EU concludes New Zealand's privacy laws "adequate"

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, New Zealand
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October 25 2011

The European Union Data Directive (the main EU privacy law) requires EU-member countries to pass legislation that prohibits the transfer of personal information outside the EU except to countries that the EU has found to provide laws that are substantially equivalent to the EU’s privacy laws

BNZ have bonds covered

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, New Zealand
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November 30 2010

Bank of New Zealand is New Zealand's first bank to sell covered bonds in Europe denominated in Euros, raising $NZ1.b

Stolen units

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, New Zealand
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September 16 2011

In Europe, on several occasions thieves have obtained the password to an emissions unit account, stolen units out of the account then sold the units to an unsuspecting buyer. Depending on the applicable law, the buyer may not have obtained good title to the units, so if it on-sells the units it may (unwittingly) not pass good title to the subsequent buyer

No copyright protection for software functionality

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, New Zealand
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July 9 2012

The European Court of Justice recently confirmed, in a reference from the High Court for England and Wales, that the functionality of software is not protected by copyright (SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd Case C-40610 of 2011

Torrenting of private photos prevented

Buddle Findlay
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European Union, United Kingdom
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February 20 2012

In the UK case of AMP vs Persons Unknown, 2011 EWHC 3454 (TCC), an unnamed British woman (AMP) has obtained an injunction to prevent anyone from distributing explicit images of her on the internet, including by using bittorrent technology

European regulation of OTC derivatives

Buddle Findlay
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European Union
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November 30 2010

Regulatory responses to the GFC abound, led by more acronyms than you can shake a stick at

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Changing trends in M&A: locked box v. completion accounts

Gender diversity requirements - coming to a listed entity near you?

EU concludes New Zealand's privacy laws "adequate"

BNZ have bonds covered

Stolen units

No copyright protection for software functionality

Torrenting of private photos prevented

European regulation of OTC derivatives

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