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Antitrust and Brexit – where do we stand?

A&O Shearman on 2/19/2020

The UK has well-established domestic antitrust and merger control regimes, enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As an EU Member State, however, where a deal met EU merger control thresholds the CMA – in...more

Unleashing real estate’s potential: what follows next?

Hogan Lovells on 12/16/2019

The real estate sector will welcome the stability, at least in the short term, that such a decisive election result brings. Jackie Newstead, our Global Head of Real Estate, predicts a post-election bounce in investment...more

Brexit This Way

Carlton Fields on 4/30/2019

If Brexit happens, it will impact the entire European Union (EU) in various ways, and not just economically. For instance, what about the expatriates from an EU country residing in the U.K. pursuant to the current EU...more

Brexit on the Brink: The United Kingdom’s Plan for Brexit Remains Uncertain as the European Union Agrees to Extend the Deadline...

King & Spalding on 4/15/2019

On March 29, 2019, Parliament voted down, for a third time, Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (“EU”). As a result, it remains unclear what the next steps for the Brexit...more

What does the Brexit Flextension mean for Business?

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 4/15/2019

On 10 April 2019, the European Union granted the United Kingdom a flexible extension, coined a “flextension”, until 31 October. This additional period of time is intended, to allow the UK to ratify the Brexit Deal, an...more

Brexit: Decision Time for the U.K.

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/26/2019

It is another critical week for the Brexit process in the U.K. Following the agreed extension between the U.K. and the European Council, the U.K. is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU) on 12 April (pushed back from 29...more

UK Labor Leader Jeremy Corbyn Announces Support for New Referendum on Brexit

King & Spalding on 3/11/2019

In a surprising change from his long-held position that the United Kingdom (“UK”) should leave the European Union (“EU”), Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on February 25, 2019, that he would support a second...more

Brexit and IP: 4 Things You Should Know

Vedder Price on 3/6/2019

I. What is Brexit? Brexit (short for “British exit”) is the United Kingdom’s (the “UK”—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) decision to leave the European Union (the “EU”—28 countries, including the UK). The UK...more

Brexit Update: U.K. Parliament Rejects Proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Looks for Brexit Plan B

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/17/2019

On 15 January 2019, the U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly rejected, by a margin of 230 votes, the proposed withdrawal agreement with the EU put forward by Prime Minister Theresa May. Rejection of the withdrawal agreement does...more

IP Protection Post-Brexit: A Right-by-Right Analysis

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/4/2018

The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 (“Exit Date”). With Brexit fast approaching, on 25 November 2018 the EU and the UK announced their consensus on a withdrawal agreement that sets out the...more

Brexit Briefing: Deal or No Deal?

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/3/2018

Over the last few weeks and months, complex political and trade negotiations have taken place on Brexit, which inches ever closer. On November 25, 2018, the leaders of the EU27 (the 27 EU member states, excluding the U.K.),...more

Are we heading for a no-deal Brexit (and a General Election)?

Hogan Lovells on 10/17/2018

Reading the political runes is a fool's errand in 2018. So, how can we assess the risk of a no-deal Brexit? There is no doubt that the consensus view among businesses is that it has gone from a theoretical but marginal...more

No-deal Brexit: New guidance on producing and labelling food products

Hogan Lovells on 10/1/2018

In the final batch of technical notices, the UK Government has provided guidance on what impact traders can expect on food labelling and packaging in the event that the UK exits the EU without a Withdrawal Agreement on 29...more

Brexit and IP: impact of a no deal exit

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2018

On Monday the UK government published a series of notices on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on intellectual property right-holders....more

No deal Brexit: Trade mark and design right protection planning

Hogan Lovells on 9/26/2018

Following the UK government’s notice on trade marks and designs if there is no Brexit deal (the “Notice”) and the increasing likelihood of the UK leaving the EU with no deal as to the future trading arrangements with the...more

EU Trade Update: Trade Aspects of the July 2018 U.K. Government White Paper on the Future U.K. EU Relationship

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/16/2018

• The White Paper sets out in detail the shape and scope of the U.K.’s desired future “association” relationship with the EU post Brexit. The U.K. government hopes that it will accelerate negotiations with the EU with a view...more

Brexit and the devolution deadlock

Hogan Lovells on 6/14/2018

The EU referendum was won on the back of promises to "take back control" from Brussels, but the question of where this control should reside post-Brexit has proven to be a complex and politically contentious issue in the...more

Commission’s notice on Brexit and copyright: Is it as bad as it sounds?

Hogan Lovells on 4/6/2018

On 28 March 2018 the Commission published a Notice to Stakeholders on the Withdrawal of the UK and EU rules in the field of Copyright. The Notice reminds stakeholders that, unless the UK comes to an agreement with the EU,...more

Is your business prepared for the 'storm' of secondary legislation needed to get UK law ready for Brexit?

Hogan Lovells on 3/29/2018

With around 19,000 pieces of EU legislation currently in force in the UK, EU law touches all aspects of life, from health and safety to harbours and highways; from employment rights to exotic diseases....more

The impact of Brexit on the enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU Member States post-Brexit

Hogan Lovells on 3/29/2018

The impact of Brexit on the enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU member states is increasingly at the forefront of businesses' minds. This blog describes how the current system of reciprocal enforcement of judgments...more

UK Parliamentary Committee Publishes Life Sciences Brexit Negotiation Recommendations

Hogan Lovells on 3/28/2018

The UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its six-month long investigation into the impact of Brexit on medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin. ...more

EU and UK Transition Period Trade Terms

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/28/2018

• The U.K. and the EU have agreed on the substantive trade elements of the legal text set to govern the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU (the “Withdrawal Agreement”). If the other outstanding elements of the Withdrawal Agreement...more

The terms of an orderly Brexit transition are now known but remain uncertain

Hogan Lovells on 3/26/2018

The EU27 have agreed the terms of the UK's transitional period with the EU following its exit on 29 March 2019 and adopted guidelines setting out the EU's negotiating position on the future relationship....more

UPDATE: UK Government comments on Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement

Hogan Lovells on 3/23/2018

On 19 March the EU and the UK agreed the terms of a Brexit transition period ending on 31 December 2020. An updated colour-coded version of the EU’s Draft Withdrawal Agreement was published by the negotiators indicating which...more

Hogan Lovells Brexit Taskforce responds to Theresa May's speech

Hogan Lovells on 3/5/2018

London, 2 March 2018 — Theresa May has today set out in more detail than ever before the bold future relationship that the UK Government believes to be in the interests of both the UK and the EU. ...more

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