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Newswatch

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 22 2012

The European Commission has released its new consumer agenda, A European Consumer Agenda - Boosting confidence and growth

EU consultation on gender balance in board rooms

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 2 2012

The Commission is considering using legislation to improve the gender balance in corporate board rooms

Consumer Rights Directive finalised and UK Consumer Rights Bill revealed

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 5 2011

The Consumer Rights Directive has been published in the Official Journal and will need to be transposed into national law by 13 December 2013

Commission releases new CSR strategy

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 28 2011

The European Commission has released a communication on corporate social responsibility (CSR) that includes a new definition of CSR and an action agenda for 2011-14

Consumer Rights Directive adopted

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 12 2011

On 23 June, the European Parliament finally adopted the controversial Consumer Rights Directive

Question of mandatory CSR reporting resurfaces

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 24 2011

Calls for mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting seem to be building again, at both EU and member state level

Antitrust scrutiny of supply and distribution arrangements

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • January 21 2011

Although restrictions in supply and distribution (vertical) agreements are generally of lesser concern to competition authorities, we can expect to see some important cases in 2011 - both in Europe, under the new EU rules on supply and distribution agreements, and in the US, where debate over the assessment of resale price maintenance continues

Early implementation of amendments to the Prospectus Directive

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • December 9 2010

In our September newsletter we mentioned that the European Parliament had adopted a directive which will make various amendments to the EU Prospectus Rules

ECJ rules on application of fairness test to essential contract terms

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • October 25 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently ruled, in the context of proceedings between a Spanish bank and a Spanish banking services user association, that member states are free to adopt or keep national laws on the fairness of essential contract terms that are stricter that the rules laid down by the Directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts (9313EEC

EC green paper on corporate governance in financial institutions

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 10 2010

The European Commission has published a green paper on a range of options to strengthen corporate governance in EU financial institutions