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Tax and the City briefing for January 2019 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews consider the Upper Tribunal decisions in Ball UK Holdings and Smith and Nephew. They also look at FATCA and the fourth annual report on the operation of the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks published in December. The ... Competition & Regulatory Newsletter Guess decision prompts European Commission to issue informal guidance on cooperation in non-cartel antitrust investigations Guess decision prompts European Commission to issue informal guidance on cooperation in non-cartel antitrust investigations On 17 D... Employment Bulletin Good Work Plan; Uber’s appeal on worker status; Individual ships were “establishments” for collective redundancy consultation; Workplace sexual harassment statutory code of practice Topics covered in this bulletin: Good Work Plan – Government’s response ... Changes to trade mark law in the UK: what businesses need to know A summary of the key amendments to UK trade mark law coming into force on 14 January 2019 to implement the new Trade Marks Directive (2015/2436/EU). Changes to trade mark law in the UK are coming into force on 14 January 2019. These implement amendments i... Competition Law in the Digital Age This edition focuses on online resale restrictions, data collection and personalised pricing Our Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter is a quarterly publication intended to provide insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-siz... Incentives Bulletin Investment Association Principles of Remuneration;  ISS 2019 Proxy Voting Guidelines; GC100 and Investor Group directors’ remuneration;  Wates Principles; HMRC would not resile from published guidance Topics covered in this bulletin: New Investment Assoc... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter EU judges prescribe smaller fine for Servier following “pay-for-delay” appeal EU judges prescribe smaller fine for Servier following “pay-for-delay” appeal On 12 December 2018 the European General Court partially overturned a 2014 European Commission deci... Pensions Bulletin Pensions Dashboards; earnings trigger; qualifying earnings bands; GMP equalisation hearing; Pensions Ombudsman a ‘competent court’; fixed protection certificate revoked; intervention in relation to Southern Water Topics covered in this bulletin: New law ... PS31/18 - Equity Release Mortgages Briefing note on the PRA's policy statement on Equity Release Mortgages On 10 December the PRA published PS31/18, the policy statement to its July consultation on Solvency II and equity release mortgages (ERMs). No doubt to the relief of insurers holding ... Three years on: a brave new world for competition enforcement This client briefing highlights the key developments in Hong Kong in 2018 and over the past three years. It also looks ahead at what is still to come as the competition law regime continues to take shape. Within three years since the Hong Kong Competition...