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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

Commission approves proposed acquisition of ici by akzo nobel subject to conditions

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • January 3 2008

The Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Imperial Chemical Industries ("ICI") of the UK by Akzo Nobel of The Netherlands, subject to commitments to divest activities in the UK, Ireland and Belgium as well as a shareholding in the adhesives manufacturer Purbond AG

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 clears payment card services joint venture

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • January 18 2008

The European Commission has approved the proposed creation of a joint venture between First Data Corporation of the United States and Allied Irish Banks

CMS brands review

  • CMS
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  • Belgium, European Union, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
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  • November 12 2010

It has been well over a decade since the Trade Marks Directive came into force, approximating the law on trade marks across Europe

International regulatory update

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 4 2011

The FSA has published a document setting out its initial thinking on how the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is expected to be established by end-2012, will approach the delivery of its objectives

International regulatory update 7 - 11 March 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, Belgium, European Union, Global, Japan, Netherlands, Philippines, United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 14 2011

IOSCO and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) have published a consultative report setting out a new set of principles designed to apply to all systemically important payment systems, central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties and trade repositories

International regulatory update 2-6 May 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Bahrain, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 9 2011

The US Treasury Department has published a Notice of Proposed Determination exempting FX swaps and forwards from the central clearing and exchange trading requirements imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act

International regulatory update 21-25 November 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Global, Hong Kong, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 28 2011

The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has published a paper responding to the UK government’s consultation paper entitled ‘A new approach to financial regulation: the blueprint for reform’, which was published in June 2011

International regulatory update 8-12 August 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, France, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • August 15 2011

ESMA has issued a statement with a view to promoting harmonised regulatory action on short selling in the EU