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Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - April 2025

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On 14 March 2025, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 54, which raised concerns around the leaking of inside information by individuals at a company or by its advisers on live M&A transactions. The FCA specifically...more

Littler

Is the UK Government Getting Cold Feet on Capping Non-competes to 3 Months?

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On May 10, 2023, the UK government announced its intention to limit the duration of non-compete restrictions in employment contracts to three months. This was part of a package of measures announced to boost the productivity...more

A&O Shearman

It pays to read your NDAs

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When assessing whether a non-compete is an unlawful restraint of trade, express or implied non-contractual intentions can be used to evidence legitimate interests and therefore reasonableness. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

First UK Supreme Court Decision on Restrictive Covenants for 100 years

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The Supreme Court in the UK, the highest court in the country, last week ruled on a restrictive covenant case for the first time in 100 years [Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32 (3 July 2019)]. It has clarified...more

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