The right to be forgotten – who can decide?
At the start of 2012 the European Commission proposed a new framework for the regulation of the protection of personal data within the European Union. These proposals have been much commented upon at both a national and European level. The current Irish Presidency of the EU is making great efforts to get agreement so that this new Regulation can be finalised before the Europea…
The £450bn additional (!) pensions deficit
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the European Union’s technical level body for pensions and insurance supervisors, this week published its preliminary assessment of the quantitative impact on the funding of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes of applying EIOPA’s proposals for Solvency II type funding requirements to DB pension schemes. EIOP…
Supply issues faced by medicine manufacturers in the UK - the interplay between pharmaceutical regulations and competition law
This webinar is presented by John Schmidt, Partner and Emilce Vega, Associate at Shepherd and Wedderburn. John and Emilce discuss current supply issues faced by pharmaceutical manufacturers in the UK and the commercial implications. They also explain how you can optimise your supply chain management by taking into account relevant competition law and pharmaceutical regulation…
Customs and intellectual property rights: new EU Regulation not far off from implementation
EU customs authorities are responsible for controlling and detaining those goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights ("IPR") that are protected by EU and national laws. On 24 January, the Internal Market Committee MEPs endorsed the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual prop…
UK Government consults on mandatory merger regime
The UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is currently consulting on a fundamental review of the UK competition regime. This includes, amongst other proposals, the introduction of a mandatory merger regime and a combination of the hitherto distinct first and second phase authorities (the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission) to form a sin…
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