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Swapping the Courtroom for the Boardroom: the introduction of Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the UK Considers the introduction of DPAs in the UK and discusses the considerable implications that they will have for UK companies At a time when corporate economic crime is increasingly in focus, from 24 February 2014, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crow... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Legal and regulatory developments in Employment/Employee Benefits Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases Round-Up TUPE: harmonisation of terms results in unfair dismissal tapering exit compensation: appropriate comparator for age discrimination clai... Online platforms - who can set the price and are most favoured nation clauses compatible with competition rules? Commitments in the hotel online booking investigation provide guidance on whether sellers can set price on online platforms and MFNs are anti-competitive The OFT announced on 31 January 2014 that it has accepted commitments in the hotel online booking in... Taking stock on BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Mike Lane looks at a typical cross-border situation which throws up the sort of fundamental questions which the BEPS project is seeking to answer Dec 2013 | Client publication/article   Brad, a US citizen, comes up with a new idea and sets up Brad... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Constructive dismissal; Fair dismissal for offensive comments on Facebook; Agency workers: right to information about vacancies; HMRC consultation on simplifying tax and NICs treatment. Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases Round-Up Strict policy ... Court of Justice provides further direction on the path between patent hold-up and hold-out A discussion of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on a preliminary reference in Huawei Technologies Co v ZTE regarding the licensing of standards essential patents. Last month, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued it... FCA: New competition powers and handbook amendments A discussion of the new self reporting requirements for authorised firms inserted into the FCA Supervision Manual persuant to its concurrent competition powers. On 15 July 2015, the FCA published its final guidance on the use of its new concurrent comp... CDC: The EU weighs in on common tactics in competition litigation A discussion of the CJEU's ruling in CDC Hydrogen Peroxide SA v Akzo Nobel & Ors on the use of "anchor defendants" in cartel damages claims. The highest court in the European Union has ruled on techniques commonly used by claimants to... P&E Update: Pensions Bulletin Abolition of DB contracting-out: Regulations for formerly contracted-out schemes made and laid; Finance (No.2) Bill 2015: Pensions measures; July, 2015 Budget; Discrimination arising from disability. Topics covered in this bulletin: The Watch List Ne... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Employee involvement in the formation of Societas Europaea and Cross-Border Mergers; Trade Union Bill 2015-16; Holiday carry over due to sick leave limited to 18 months. Topics covered in this bulletin: New Publication Employee involvement in the f...