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Antitrust Experts Warn Against Proposed Bayer-Monsanto Merger

8th August 2016
A new legal opinion, written by two former Justice Department officials from the Antitrust Division, argues that a merger between Bayer and Monsanto would violate the Clayton Act, a law enacted by Congress to curb anti-competitive business practices. According to the white paper, a Bayer-Monsanto merger would also be in direct violation of a 2008 […]
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Legal Sector Found to be Paying up to Six Times Too Much for IT Purchases

21st July 2016
Paid 557% markup for IT products - Suppliers are exploiting a lack of transparency in the IT market to inflate product prices, according to the annual KnowledgeBus IT Margins Benchmarking Study. Now in its fourth year, the study shows that the practice of charging excessive margins by suppliers is still commonplace across the legal sector. […]
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Brexit: UK Businesses & the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

18th July 2016
An increasing number of commercial and business-related disputes are being heard by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) up 20% in the last year to 423, compared to 352 in 2014, according to research from the Legal Business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. However, the Brexit […]
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Strengthening European Prosecution of IPR Infringement

15th July 2016
This week, Eurojust and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand the existing fruitful collaboration to support European prosecutors working with cases concerning violations of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The MOU, signed at Eurojust headquarters in The Hague (Netherlands), will enable the further development of specific […]
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Microsoft Free-For-All Data Case A Win

15th July 2016
The US Government has been intentional about requesting authority access to the firm’s servers abroad, but a court has now ruled this cannot be forced. In what now sets a precedent for privacy protection in the sector of cloud computing and data services, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be allowed to access […]
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European Commission Launches EU-US Privacy Shield

12th July 2016
This new framework protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States as well as bringing legal clarity for businesses relying on transatlantic data transfers. Andrus Ansip, Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, said: "We have approved the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield today. It will protect […]
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Multi-Million Pound Risk for Companies That Neglect AML

11th July 2016
New regulatory requirements under the fourth EU Money Laundering Directive (MLD4) will encompass more sectors than ever before. Regardless of the UK’s EU membership, any company providing financial services in the EU will need to comply. John Marsden, Head of ID and Fraud at Equifax, comments on the importance of these new rules and how […]
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