In April of this year, the California Privacy Protection Agency imposed a $632,500.00 monetary penalty on American Honda Motor Co. In our discussion of that action - Are Cookies Banners Crumbling? – we raised the alarm for…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On 8 July 2025, the Saudi Cabinet approved a new real estate law (the “New Law”) that will significantly expand the ability of foreign individuals and entities to own property in the Kingdom…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Publication of the new 10-year Infrastructure Strategy and 10-Year Industrial Strategy in June meant two more manifesto commitments could be ticked off before the end of the government’s first year in office. This blog…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper on dual class share structures, IPOs and share buybacks. The proposed amendments to the Takeover Code clarify how the mandatory offer requirements apply to a company with a…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
It has been announced that, next week, the government will table an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill proposing to prohibit Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) relating to employees who are subject to harassment or…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In our previous article titled Fraud Cases: Hong Kong Court’s Jurisdiction on the Grant of Vesting Orders, our team discussed the remedy of vesting orders in providing relief to victims of internet fraud in recovering their…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Finance & Banking
In this Insight, first published in PLC, Partner Shy Jackson considers the JCT's Target Cost Contract, 2024 Edition (TCC 2024), a new addition to its 2024 Edition contract suite that reflects the wider industry trend towards…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Government Contracting
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published a further consultation paper on “tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services”. The industry has been eagerly awaiting publication of this paper, in the hope that it will address the…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On 19 June 2025, the government introduced its 10-Year Strategy, a comprehensive plan aimed at fostering economic growth through investment in (amongst other areas) housing and social infrastructure. This strategy marks a…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Construction Law, Real Estate - Residential, Transportation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its most recent paper on non-financial misconduct (NFM), clarifying its expectations on bullying and harassment in financial services…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
On July 1, 2025, a hearing was held in the California Assembly Committee on Public Safety concerning Senate Bill 690, which aims to stem the tide of lawsuits targeting routine website analytics and marketing tools by amending…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Communications & Media Law, Privacy
On 17 June 2025 the Adjudication Society held a panel discussion, hosted by BCLP, looking at whether the adjudication process is unfair to employers, main contractors or subcontractors or does it just feel that way…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Our employment law update for June covers a redundancy case highlighting the importance of considering alternative employment, and a case where an employee attempted to justify highly offensive messages by reference to his…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)—a branch of the World Health Organization mandated to investigate potential causes of cancer—conducts its own hazard evaluations of suspected carcinogens and publishes its…
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/ Environmental Law, Health
