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- Document viewing facility replaced with effect from 01 September 2010
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Regulatory
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- With effect from 01 September 2010 the DVF function has been discontinued and listed companies have to forward all documents to the NSM either via email or by using the upload facility. Listed companies are no longer required to forward two copies of all documents in hard copy to the FSA.
- (Submitted: 01 September 2010)
- Dawn raids in the Netherlands: updated guidelines on the rights of defence
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate Crime
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- The Dutch Competition Authority has updated its guidelines on how competition officials should treat digital and paper documents during and after dawn raids.
- (Submitted: 01 September 2010)
- Restriction of pensions tax relief
- Source: In Brief \ Employment & Benefits \ Pensions & Employee Benefits
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- Following the June 2010 Budget Announcement that the Government was looking into alternative ways to limit pensions tax relief, the Treasury has issued a discussion document on different approaches.
- (Submitted: 31 August 2010)
- Damages for wrongly blocked merger - first Schneider/Legrand now Sonova/GN Resound?
- Source: In Brief \ EU & Competition
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- A €1bn damages claim is being threatened against the German Federal Cartel Office for unnecessarily prohibiting a merger.
- (Submitted: 31 August 2010)
- Making competition law enforcement in the UK less opaque: transparency and the OFT
- Source: In Brief \ EU & Competition
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- The UK OFT has seen published a draft guide to how it approaches civil competition investigation procedures.
- (Last reviewed: 01 September 2010; submitted: 31 August 2010)
- Commission cleared of maladministration in refusing access to the file in abuse of dominance case
- Source: In Brief \ EU & Competition
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- Third parties can be denied access to the European Commission's preliminary assessment of alleged competition law infringements in a commitments procedure.
- (Last reviewed: 01 September 2010; submitted: 27 August 2010)
- High Court offers further guidance on the construction of contracts affected by careless drafting or mistakes
- Source: In Brief \ Contract
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- In June 2010, the High Court applied principles most recently refined in Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd to construe a contract affected by a mistaken ommision
- (Submitted: 26 August 2010)
- The new UK Bribery Act
- Source: In Brief \ Dispute Resolution
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- When the UK's Bribery Act comes into force, as is now expected in 2011, it will arguably be the toughest anti bribery law in the world and will have important implications for Chinese organisations doing business in the UK.
- (Submitted: 26 August 2010)
- The impact of stock exchange mergers in the United Arab Emirates
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Mergers & Acquisitions (incl. Private Equity)
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- This article discusses the legal and regulatory implications of the recent high profile merger between DFM and NASDAQ Dubai.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- FMLB August 2010
- Source: Newsletters \ Financial Markets Litigation Bulletin
- Financial Markets Litigation Bulletin - Issue 57
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- Corporate Germany - September 2010
- Source: Newsletters \ Corporate Germany
- Der Newsletter behandelt aktuelle Entwicklungen in Rechtsprechung und Gesetzgebung, die für die Unternehmenspraxis von besonderer Bedeutung sind.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- Industrie- und Handelskammern dürfen sich zu wirtschaftlichen Themen äußern
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Case Summaries
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- Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) hat die Funktion der Industrie- und Handelskammern, zu wirtschaftlichen und industriepolitischen Themen als Ratgeber Stellung zu nehmen, gestärkt.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- Notarielle Beurkundungspflicht bei Verpflichtung zur Übertragung des gegenwärtigen Vermögens einer GmbH
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Case Summaries
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- Nach § 311 b Abs. 3 BGB ist ein Vertrag, durch den sich der eine Teil verpflichtet, sein gegenwärtiges Vermögen oder einen Bruchteil davon zu übertragen, notariell zu beurkunden.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- Gesellschafterausschluss in der 50/50 GmbH
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Case Summaries
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- Verfehlungen, die ein Gesellschafter in seiner Eigenschaft als Geschäftsführer begangen hat, können zwar seine Abberufung als Geschäftsführer rechtfertigen, jedoch nicht automatisch seinen Ausschluss aus der Gesellschaft begründen.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)
- Bundesverfassungsgericht präzisiert Voraussetzungen der Untreue gemäß § 266 Abs. 1 StGB
- Source: In Brief \ Corporate \ Case Summaries
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- Für eine Verurteilung wegen Untreue muss der eingetretene Vermögensschaden konkret beziffert werden. Dies setzt voraus, dass das Gericht den entstandenen wirtschaftlichen Schaden tatsächlich berechnet.
- (Submitted: 25 August 2010)