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Storing and screening employee emails abroad

Squire Sanders
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Germany, United Kingdom, USA
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February 25 2008

This Update sets forth new considerations for email policies in the United States due to the NLRB’s recent ruling in Guard Publishing

EU clamps down on unfair practices

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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European Union, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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August 15 2007

The complex patchwork of different national legislation relating to unfair commercial practices adds cost to those who market goods and services in multiple jurisdictions and can be a deterrent from entering new markets

European nations consider limits on executive compensation

Alston & Bird LLP
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France, Germany, United Kingdom
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February 9 2009

Last week’s announcement by President Obama and the U.S. Treasury imposing new executive compensation limitations on those receiving federal aid was not an isolated occurrence

International highlights

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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Australia, European Union, France, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom
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January 8 2008

On December 6, 2006, the head of Korea's Fair Trade Commission, Kwon Oh-seung, announced that the KFTC has evidence that four oil refinery firms colluded to fix the price of oil

International regulatory update

Clifford Chance LLP
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Australia, European Union, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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April 4 2011

The Ministry of Justice has published its final guidance under section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010 about procedures that relevant commercial organisations can put in place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing

Commission approves proposed acquisition of English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings by Deutsche Bahn, subject to conditions

Bird & Bird
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European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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January 3 2008

The Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings (EWS) by Deutsche Bahn (DB

Remuneration and corporate governance in financial institutions

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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France, Germany, Global, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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October 2 2009

There is a pressing need for remuneration and governance principles in financial institutions to be based on a globally consistent framework, rather than national initiatives

Agency agreement Germany

Reed Smith LLP
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Germany, United Kingdom
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May 31 2008

In Catalyst Recycling Ltd v Nickelhutte Aue Gmbh Lawtel 22.5.08 the appellant, a German company which owned a specialist waste processing plant, appealed against a decision that it was in repudiatory breach of its agency agreement with the respondent English company