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European Commission publishes 2013 action plan on key changes to European company law and corporate governance

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • January 9 2013

The European Commission has published an Action Plan (the Plan) on European company law and corporate governance for 2013. The Plan sets out 16 different

Second Company Law Directive recast and published in Official Journal of the European Union

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • December 4 2012

The European Parliament (Parliament) and the Council of the European Union (Council) recently published a new Directive 201230EU (the Recast Directive), which recasts Directive 7791EEC (the Second Company Law Directive), in the Official Journal of the European Union

2010 Bribery Act: commercial applicability

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 1 2011

The Bribery Act 2010 (Act), heralded as the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world, comes into force today in the United Kingdom

UK Government response to common European sales law proposal

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 3 2012

After years of fierce negotiation, the European Commission published its controversial draft Regulation for a common European sales law on 11 October 2011

UK government’s consultation on the proposed Common European Sales law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 23 2012

The European Commission (Commission) estimates that contract law barriers deter businesses from conducting at least 26 billion in intra-European Union (EU) trade every year

FSA guidance on unfair consumer contract terms

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 6 2012

The Regulations implement the European Union Unfair Contract Terms Directive (9313EEC

Consultation on EU company law framework

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • February 24 2012

The European Commission recently launched an in-depth consultation designed to review the EU company law framework with an emphasis on developing it for the future in light of the current economic, social and political climate

Revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code and guidance on Audit Committees

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2012

The Financial Reporting Council has published a consultation paper detailing revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code and its accompanying guidance on Audit Committees

UK Department of Business, Innovations and Skills launches consultation on new narrative reporting structure for companies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2012

The UK Department of Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) recently has launched the draft Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 (Proposed Regulations) for consultation

New European consumer agenda to be observed and adopted by businesses

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • June 20 2012

The European Commission’s new European Consumer Agenda lays out a strategic plan for EU consumer policy until 2014