Squire Sanders associate Oliver Howley authored an article recently published in Sports Law Administration & Practice. This article explains two landmark judgments on the scope and interpretation of copyright and competition law in the sports industry. This article is reused with the permission of Sports Law Administration & Practice.
In this briefing, you will find short, easy-to-follow guides to the main regulations which are changing the route to issuance and beyond. We hope you find it useful.
This article discusses the 17 March 2014 sanctions imposed on certain Russian nationals by the European Union and how these can impact business with corporations related to the affected individuals.
This Report provides an analysis of corruption within the EU’s Member States and of the steps taken to prevent and fight it. It aims to launch a debate involving the Commission, Member States, the European Parliament and other stakeholders, to assist the anti-corruption work and to identify ways in which the European dimension can help.
The European Commission recently adopted a legislative proposal package that introduces several changes on payment services in the European Union and, in accordance with the European Commission, seeks to improve competition by opening up payment markets to new entrants, thus fostering greater efficiency and cost-reduction.
Recently, the European Commission adopted decisions against the cartels in Euro and Yen interest rate derivatives, imposing fines to banks and financial institutions. These fines are the highest imposed by the Commission in cartel cases to the present day. These decisions illustrate the intense and added scrutiny to which the financial sector has been subjected by competition authorities in the EU and elsewhere.
Last month, the merger simplification package adopted by the European Commission entered into force. The main objective of this reform is to achieve a greater level of efficiency in merger review and to reduce the administrative burdens for the businesses involved. The most relevant measures introduced by the package include widening the scope of transactions, which may benefit from the simplified procedure, and updating notification forms. The Commission has also revised its guidelines on commitments offered by parties.
This briefing is the first in a series that will look at legal aspects of the Solvency II regime and their implications for firms. It considers the legal framework of Solvency II, how near each element of the framework is to completion and what needs to happen next, how Omnibus II has changed the previously published regime, the transitional relief that firms can expect to get from 1 January 2016, and how Solvency II will be applied to insurers and reinsurers in the UK.
On 20 October 2011, the European Commission proposed a new directive on criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation. This proposal was approved by the European Parliament on 4 February 2014. In this legal alert, we outline the main changes.
This Top Ten examines ten hot-button privacy and data security issues and presents questions to help you gauge whether your organization is at risk, in the U.S. or abroad.