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Brexit This Way

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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

King & Spalding

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

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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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

What does the Brexit Flextension mean for Business?

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Brexit: Decision Time for the U.K.

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

Vedder Price

Brexit and IP: 4 Things You Should Know

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

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

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Brexit Briefing: Deal or No Deal?

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

Hogan Lovells

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

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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

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

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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

Hogan Lovells

Brexit and IP: impact of a no deal exit

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

Hogan Lovells

No deal Brexit: Trade mark and design right protection planning

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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

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UK Government and businesses intensify planning for no-deal Brexit

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Detail of the technical notices makes clear that avoiding much of the potentially significant disruption of a no deal outcome will require good faith, cooperation and pragmatism from both sides of the English Channel....more

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Brexit and the devolution deadlock

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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UK Parliamentary Committee Publishes Life Sciences Brexit Negotiation Recommendations

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EU and UK Transition Period Trade Terms

• 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

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

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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

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UPDATE: UK Government comments on Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement

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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

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Hogan Lovells Brexit Taskforce responds to Theresa May's speech

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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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Theresa May issues invitation to Brexit economic pragmatism

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On 2 March 2018, Theresa May made her third major speech on Brexit in which she set out in more detail than ever before the ambitious future relationship that the UK Government is seeking to negotiate with the EU. ...more

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Brexit – what’s next for medical devices?

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On 22 January 2018, the European Commission released a notice to stakeholders concerning the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) possible withdrawal from the European Union (“EU”) and the EU rules in the field of industrial products,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Stephen Phillips Weighs in on How Brexit Could Change UK Insolvency Law

Stephen Phillips, Co-head of Orrick's European Restructuring team, recently spoke with IFLR regarding the effect that Brexit could have on a century-old insolvency rule in the UK. ...more

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House of Lords Committee deems Government's Brexit Withdrawal Bill "constitutionally unacceptable"

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On the eve of the debate in the House of Lords on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the Bill), the House of Lords Constitution Committee (the Committee) has published a report (the Report) describing the Bill as...more

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