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On Friday 9 December 2022, the European Commission proposed to extend the transition deadline in the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). According to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella...more
Our recent briefing note explained that CE product safety marking, which is required to sell certain types of goods in the European Union, was being replaced by the UKCA mark in Great Britain (GB) following Brexit. The...more
At the beginning of 2021, extensive changes in German employment law came into effect, including some of particular significance to employers. In addition, on January 19, 2021, the German Federal Government implemented...more
On January 28 2021, the European Commission (Commission) amended its COVID-19 Temporary State aid Framework (Temporary Framework) for the fifth time. The Commission adopted the Temporary Framework at the beginning of the...more
The FCA, Bank of England, and PRA have published updated rules for firms post-Brexit and intend to delay many (but not all) onshoring changes. Key Points: ..The FCA has published an updated version of the FCA Handbook,...more
The offshore wind sector continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, particularly in Europe, and increasingly in Asia and North America. The construction phase of any project is vulnerable to delay. That is particularly the...more
The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. Since then, under the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, a transition period has been in force, in principle until 1 January 2021. During this period most EU...more
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
On Friday 8 May 2020, the European Commission announced a proposal to postpone by three months the initial reporting deadlines for “DAC6”, the incoming mandatory disclosure regime for potentially aggressive tax arrangements....more
European Commission proposes one-year postponement in light of the COVID-19 crisis. On 25 March 2020, the European Commission announced that it was working on a proposal to postpone the date of application for the new EU...more
The impact of COVID-19 has already had a profound impact on all business sectors globally, including the construction industry. Projects in many countries have been impacted by the outbreak, including as a result of labour...more
Despite the COVID-19 closures and cancellations, some governmental intellectual property offices have not extended deadlines, so parties should remain mindful that protections for individuals and businesses should not be...more
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the responses of governments and societies to the crisis are having a profound impact on public companies and capital markets worldwide. Such companies, including those in the United...more
Currently, the USPTO is not offering extensions to patent and trademark application deadlines. The USPTO is, however, offering fee waivers to those affected by the coronavirus in the following situations....more
On 6 November, the CSSF released a new press release 19/54 which is intended to replace the reference date to a hard Brexit (i.e. 31 October 2019) in all previous CSSF communications with the new Brexit date, 31 January 2020....more
On September 3, 2019, the Conservative party in the United Kingdom (“UK”) lost its majority in Parliament when Phillip Lee, a Conservative Member of Parliament (“MP”), defected to join the Liberal Democrats. As a result,...more
The following alert is directed to organizations with a presence in the UK or who anticipate the need to place talent at a UK work site....more
Brexit has been postponed again, until at least 31 October 2019, but with the possibility that it may occur sooner, maybe even within a few weeks....more
The guidance provides helpful clarity on key regulatory changes impacting life sciences companies in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published a...more
March 29th is Brexit Day unless extended. While extension is what the UK Parliament has voted for, the EU approval process and the length of the extension (If any) remains to be seen. Faced with this uncertainty as to when...more
• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), pursuant to Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974, has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) to obtain public comment pertaining to the possibility of a...more
Energy sector participants will be familiar with the law of physics that states energy is neither created nor destroyed but can be converted from one form into another. Fossil fuels in the ground contain chemical energy and...more
On February 23, 2017, U.S. federal banking regulators (Prudential Regulators), European regulators and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued statements clarifying their expectations on...more
On February 10, the European Commission (EC) announced its legislative proposal (Proposal) that would provide for a one-year extension to the application of the amended Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the...more
On February 10, the European Commission published a press release announcing it is proposing a one year extension to the application date of the MiFID II legislative package (that is, the MiFID II Directive (2014/65/EU) and...more