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All rights reserved.SaturdaySunday0123456789101113141517181920212223http://www.nortonrose.com/common/images/logo_reverse.gifhttp://www.nortonrose.comEssential Corporate News, our weekly news service covering the latest developments in the UK corporate world.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80253/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-17-may-2013text/plainOn 25th October 2011 the European Commission (‘the Commission’) adopted a legislative proposal for the revision of the Accounting and Transparency Directives.Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industrieshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/80179/disclosure-provisions-in-the-extractive-industriestext/plainIntroduced in 2006, the Competitive Dialogue procurement process has since delivered a broad range of public sector projects, including numerous large-scale infra...Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79946/ojeu-notices-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79946/ojeu-notices-updatertext/plainThe purpose of MIG updater is to detail the UK and international financial services regulatory developments and to provide clients involved with market infrastruc...Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79596/financial-services-mig-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79596/financial-services-mig-updatertext/plainAsset management regulation updater, that details the latest UK and international asset management regulatory developments.Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79597/financial-services-asset-management-regulation-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79597/financial-services-asset-management-regulation-updatertext/plainNo business relishes the prospect of being fined, and certainly not at the ever-increasing levels at which competition and antitrust authorities are now imposing...Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77989/competition-world-a-global-survey-of-recent-competition-and-antitrust-law-developments-with-practical-relevancehttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77989/competition-world-a-global-survey-of-recent-competition-and-antitrust-law-developments-with-practical-relevancetext/plainUK retail bonds are increasingly being used by mid-cap companies as a way of diversifying their funding base.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79796/uk-retail-bonds-for-funding-mid-cap-companieshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79796/uk-retail-bonds-for-funding-mid-cap-companiestext/plainUK pharmaceutical industry starts publicly disclosing aggregate data on payments to healthcare professionals and consults on establishing a public register to discloThu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79688/disclosure-of-payments-to-healthcare-practitioners-in-the-ukhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79688/disclosure-of-payments-to-healthcare-practitioners-in-the-uktext/plainThis month our update includes reports on the proposed changes in the auto-enrolment regime which will affect all schemesWed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79656/pensions-updatehttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79656/pensions-updatetext/plainIn the case of Walker v Innospec it was held that a pension scheme which did not provide the same benefits to members’ civil partners was discriminatory.Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79635/pensions-briefing-pensions-benefits-for-civil-partners-and-same-sex-coupleshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79635/pensions-briefing-pensions-benefits-for-civil-partners-and-same-sex-couplestext/plainIn May 2012 we reported on a High Court decision in the case of ACG Acquisition XXLLC v Olympic Airlines SA.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79559/acg-v-olympic-court-of-appeal-judgmenthttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79559/acg-v-olympic-court-of-appeal-judgmenttext/plainOn 20 July 2011, the European Commission published proposals to implement the international standards on bank capital requirements recommended by the Basel CommitteeMon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79560/crd-iv-10-things-you-should-knowhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79560/crd-iv-10-things-you-should-knowtext/plainThe Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill (BRB) is proceeding through Parliament with March seeing the bill's second reading and the publication of the first statWed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79314/banking-reform-bill-updater-q1-2013http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79314/banking-reform-bill-updater-q1-2013text/plainIntroduced in 2006, the Competitive Dialogue procurement process has since delivered a broad range of public sector projects, including numerous large-scale infra...Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79281/ojeu-notices-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/79281/ojeu-notices-updatertext/plainIn December 2012, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) closed its consultation on proposed changes to section 60(5) of the Patents Act 1977 relating to patent iFri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/78866/getting-the-balance-right-government-response-to-consultation-on-a-new-uk-patent-infringement-exemption-for-trials-involving-innovative-drugshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/78866/getting-the-balance-right-government-response-to-consultation-on-a-new-uk-patent-infringement-exemption-for-trials-involving-innovative-drugstext/plainEssential Corporate News, our weekly news service covering the latest developments in the UK corporate world.Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/78832/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-12-april-2013http://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/78832/essential-corporate-news-week-ending-12-april-2013text/plainThere is growing evidence from a wide range of sources that private equity is increasingly responding to the opportunities in emerging markets despite the retractionTue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77546/private-equity-in-emerging-markets-the-perfect-stormhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77546/private-equity-in-emerging-markets-the-perfect-stormtext/plainThe recent explosion of interest in the use of hydraulic fracturing as a method of sourcing natural gas and oil presents a conundrum for governments around the worldFri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77965/trade-secrets-and-the-regulation-of-hydraulic-fracturing-toward-a-global-perspectivehttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77965/trade-secrets-and-the-regulation-of-hydraulic-fracturing-toward-a-global-perspectivetext/plainThe proposal is part of a three pronged initiative designated as the “Banking Union”, of which the part dealing with prudential supervision is called the Single SupeThu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77882/european-banking-unionhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77882/european-banking-uniontext/plainPublished on 5 February 2013, the Road Map realises (i) the activity 5.6 set out in the attachment no. 3 of The Polish Energy Policy for 2030 which obliges the PresiThu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77895/deregulation-of-gas-prices-in-poland-the-road-map-for-the-release-of-polish-natural-gas-prices-the-road-maphttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77895/deregulation-of-gas-prices-in-poland-the-road-map-for-the-release-of-polish-natural-gas-prices-the-road-maptext/plainThe turbulence reigning in the financial markets since 2009, and the more recent developments in Cyprus, have raised significant concerns regarding the intensity of Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77751/balancing-the-rights-of-bank-stakeholders-against-the-interest-of-wider-regulatory-objectives-what-can-be-learned-from-the-situation-in-cyprushttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77751/balancing-the-rights-of-bank-stakeholders-against-the-interest-of-wider-regulatory-objectives-what-can-be-learned-from-the-situation-in-cyprustext/plainOn 1 April 2013 most of the Jackson reforms to costs in civil litigation came into force.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77693/jackson-reforms-a-new-litigation-landscapehttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77693/jackson-reforms-a-new-litigation-landscapetext/plainThe purpose of MIG updater is to detail the UK and international financial services regulatory developments and to provide clients involved with market infrastruc...Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77539/financial-services-mig-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77539/financial-services-mig-updatertext/plainAsset management regulation updater, that details the latest UK and international asset management regulatory developments.Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77541/financial-services-asset-management-regulation-updaterhttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77541/financial-services-asset-management-regulation-updatertext/plainReported controls in place for the reopening of the banks in Cyprus on Thursday 28 March 2013 includeThu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77610/cyprus-bailout-list-of-exchange-and-capital-controlshttp://www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/publications/77610/cyprus-bailout-list-of-exchange-and-capital-controlstext/plain