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EFIG: European Banking Newsletter - April 2020 Developments covered in this month’s edition include: COVID-19 - ECB publishes letter on significant institutions’ contingency preparations COVID-19 - ECB announces temporary capital and operational relief Expectations for ban... Employment Bulletin - April 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: COVID-19 – employment issues Employment rates and limits: April 2020 Supreme Court finds that employer was not vicariously liable for employee’s data breaches Employer was not liable for assaults by indep... Hong Kong: COVID-19 - Antitrust Implications in Hong Kong and across APAC Client briefing on the antitrust implications of COVID-19 in Hong Kong and across APAC, including issues such as competitor collaborations, excessive pricing and restriction of supply of critical goods, and impact on merger control.     COVID-19: Guidance in relation to Force Majeure In our video Richard Todd and Tom Inker provide guidance and practical tips on frustration and Force Majeure.  Hong Kong: COVID-19 - Signing documents and entering into contracts remotely when working from home With many working from home, more deals will be signed remotely. Signatories working away from the office often prefer to avoid printing off pages and using wet-ink signatures. This Hong Kong briefing gives practical advice on entering into contracts remo... Keeping shareholders informed during the COVID-19 crisis: an update Companies are currently dealing with unprecedented challenges, with some facing an existential threat.  With new developments occurring daily, we highlight in this briefing key points that have emerged in the last week or so that companies should co... Pensions Bulletin - March 2020 Topics covered in this bulletin: Impact of COVID-19 on pension schemes Funding of DB schemes: Pensions Regulator consultation Budget 2020 – pensions aspects Climate change risk: new requirements in the Pension Schemes Bill GMP equalisation I... Pfizer and Flynn Pharma: A long and winding road Following a substantial increase in the price of an anti-epilepsy drug, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined Pfizer and Flynn Pharma nearly £90 million for unfair prices charged to the NHS.  But in June 2018 the Competition App... COVID-19: Pensions Bulletin This client briefing provides updates for employer and trustee pension clients on recent announcements on COVID-19. This briefing provides updates for employer and trustee clients on recent announcements on COVID-19 from the Pensions Regulator and Board ... Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme The government has published additional detail on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). This scheme is designed to help employers keep employees on the payroll if as a result of COVID-19 they are unable to operate or have no work for the employee t...