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A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

Proposed reforms to Australian executive pay disclosures and dividend laws

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • December 20 2012

On Friday 14 December, Treasury released for consultation an Exposure Draft of the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Remuneration and Other Measures) Bill 2012 and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

Quoted companies to be required to report on 'diversity in the board and beyond'

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 22 2012

The government, through the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), published last week draft regulations which will require all large and medium sized companies to produce a new 'Strategic Review' as part of their annual report, similar to the current Business Review but with some significant changes

Partners: LLP members are not “workers” protected from whistleblowing detriment

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 28 2012

The Court of Appeal has ruled that LLP members are not “workers” able to claim for detriment for whistleblowing, overturning an EAT decision reported here

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • September 27 2012

This is the 31st in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Federal Court gives further guidance on contractor clauses and industrial action payment rules

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • August 23 2012

The Federal Court has dismissed two appeals in highly anticipated decisions dealing with payment during industrial action (the Mammoet decision), and the lawfulness of contractor clauses in enterprise agreements (the ADJ Contracting decision

Court of Appeal considers confidentiality obligations of in-house lawyers

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 28 2012

The Court of Appeal has considered whether and in what circumstances a former employed lawyer will be restrained from acting adverse to a former employer in order to protect that former employer’s confidential information: Generics (UK) Limited v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd 2012 EWCA Civ 726

Middle East exchange - June 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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  • June 27 2012

In this edition of Middle East exchange, we take a look at two recent developments which affect the enforceability of employment contracts in the UAE and some other regional legal news