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Deal or No deal: IP Brexit will have a significant impact on intellectual property rights.  EU law provides the legal framework for important pan-European rights which are of considerable value to IP owners, in particular, EU trade marks, design rights and database rights.  ... The long arm of the law: EU privacy regulators enforcing the GDPR's extra-territorial reach This briefing considers the steps taken by the UK ICO and how, in light of the increasing number of high profile data incidents, Asia-based organisations need to be aware of the steps they should take in order to mitigate the risks of such incidents occur... Are you a DSP? Uncertainty over scope of NIS Directive What being an in-scope Digital Service Providers under the NIS Directive means in practice. New security and breach notification laws for online market places, online search engines and certain cloud computing service providers (‘Digital Service Providers... Getting the Deal Through: Tax Controversy 2019 - United Kingdom Richard Jeens, Dominic Robertson and Charles Osborne summarise the framework for tax disputes in the UK, with an editorial by Richard Jeens. Stepping out of the tax controversies bubble, it is clear that the world remains an uncertain and challenging plac... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter High Court awards damages in first UK cartel follow-on damages judgment High Court awards damages in first UK cartel follow-on damages judgment On 9 October 2018 the High Court issued a judgment awarding BritNed Development Ltd over €13 million in damages... Incentives Bulletin Labour’s proposals for Inclusive Ownership Funds; appeals against HMRC PAYE assessments of growth share ownership plans; Football referees were not employees for tax purposes Topics covered in this bulletin: Labour’s proposals for Inclusive Ownership Fun... Pensions Bulletin BA trustees to appeal; rectification of 2002 rules rewrite error; Pensions Regulator new approach; PPF levy 2019/20; guidance on non-financial injustice; Dispute resolution signposting Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases BA trustees to appeal to Supre... Tax and the City briefing for October 2018 Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews look at the decision in Union Castle (transfer pricing on an issue of shares); the new DPT statistics; and the AG’s opinion in C and D Foods (input tax on costs where a share sale is aborted). The Upper Tribunal in Union C... Data breach claims: a rebalancing by the English Courts? This briefing considers two recent data protection cases: Lloyd v Google and Various Claimants v Morrisons. Personal data breaches and the risks of follow on litigation are very topical: British Airways, Facebook and Uber are just a handful of the organis... Competition and Regulatory Newsletter CMA and FCA publish joint report on lessons learned about consumer-facing remedies CMA and FCA publish joint report on lessons learned about consumer-facing remedies On 1 October 2018 the CMA and the FCA published a joint report titled ‘Helping people get...