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ESG in the year of the election Join partner Harry Hecht and our Head of Business and Human Rights Moira Thompson Oliver as they sit down with Michael Arnold, partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, to discuss the politicisation of ESG against the backdrop of elections in the UK, US... Tax News Highlights Podcast Archive Pensions: what's coming? Money laundering: Now a never-ending chain? - R (World Uyghur Congress) v National Crime Agency The UK Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment highlighting money laundering risks for companies, where they suspect forced labour or other human rights abuses in their supply chains. The Court disagreed with a widely held interpretation of ce... DMCC Act ushers in a new age of consumer protection in the UK The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, bringing in long-anticipated reforms aimed at forging a UK regulatory framework fit for the digital age.  The DMCC Act also introduces major upda... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission publishes report on how conditions of competition have changed over the last 25 years On 24 June 2024, the European Commission published a report titled “Protecting competition in a changing world”. The report presents and assesses new economic research on how and why the conditions of competition in the EU have evolved during ... Knowledge essential: UK Supreme Court considers directors’ accessory liability and account of profits Real Estate Newsletter - June 2024 In this edition, some of our topics include: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill becomes law; Changes to the Construction Industry Scheme; Changes to the overseas entities registration regime; Government consults on contractual controls on land;Court consi... Tax and the City Review - June 2024 In another case involving both commercial and unallowable purposes, the Court of Appeal in Kwik-Fit decides that some of the loan relationship debits can be allocated to the commercial purpose. In a blow to taxpayers, the Court of Appeal in Hotel La Tour ... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter: European Commission launches first in-depth merger probe under Foreign Subsidies Regulation On 10 June 2024, the European Commission announced that it has launched an in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation into the acquisition by Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC of sole control of PPF Telecom Group BV, exclud...