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Dr. Thomas Zivny joins CHSH as partner in the Banking & Corporate Finance Team
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, one of the largest and most well-known corporate law firms in Austria with offices in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, has added to its already prestigious Banking & Corporate Finance Team
– CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati

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Conflicts of interest: what’s new?
THE PENSIONS REGULATOR RECENTLY PUBLISHED draft guidance on conflicts of interest
– Eversheds LLP
Clearance: does it need to be sought?
THE PENSIONS REGULATOR HAS CREATED A FURTHER obligation for pension scheme trustees that will also impact on employers
– Eversheds LLP
Employer debt: the final word
IN OCTOBER 2007, WE REPORTED ON THE PROPOSED changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005 (see IHL154, p111). The proposed changes were designed to make the law relating to multi-employer, defined-benefit pension scheme debts (exit debts) ‘easier to operate’ and ‘more flexible’.
– Eversheds LLP
And now it’s time for a commercial break: big changes for television advertising
TELEVISION ADVERTISING IS WORTH AROUND £3.5BN annually in Britain
– Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Conditional fee agreements: a change in the UK litigation landscape
WE LIVE IN FAST-MOVING TIMES
– SJ Berwin LLP
Internet advertising: can keyword searches lead to trade mark infringement?
RECENTLY, IN WILSON v YAHOO! UK LTD & ANOR [2008] (the Mr Spicy case), the UK courts ruled on whether search engines using keyword advertising to produce sponsored results can constitute trade mark infringement
– Field Fisher Waterhouse
Retail websites: a review by the OFT
MANY RETAIL BUSINESSES USE WEBSITES TO SELL their products over the internet
– SJ Berwin LLP
Ofcom consults on mobile mis-selling and cashback offers
IN THE FACE OF INCREASING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, a voluntary code of practice for the sale and marketing of subscriptions to mobile networks was published by Ofcom and signed by the five mobile network operators (3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone) in July 2007
– SJ Berwin LLP
British citizenship: a privilege to be earned
The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, published a Green Paper – ‘The path to citizenship: next steps in reforming the immigration system’ – (the Paper) in February 2008, announcing measures that will radically alter the way in which foreign nationals become eligible for British citizenship
– Magrath & Co
‘Mere’ price-fixing does not amount to conspiracy to defraud
ON 12 MARCH 2008, THE HOUSE OF LORDS unanimously allowed an appeal by Mr Ian Norris, former executive of the Morgan Crucible engineering group, against a High Court decision that had held that ‘mere’ price-fixing (ie, fixing prices in the absence of aggravating features) was a criminal offence in the UK prior to June 2003
– Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
State aid: Commission consults on new draft general block exemption
ON 28 FEBRUARY 2008, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION published the third draft of its proposed new General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) for state aid
– Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Assessing non-competes and exclusivity clauses in agency agreements
NON-COMPETES AND EXCLUSIVITY CLAUSES ARE often crucial in commercial agency agreements and can present a real challenge from a competition law perspective
– Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
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MIRANDA Funds Chair at the Portuguese Catholic University
The Portuguese Catholic University Law School (Lisbon campus), the most internationally oriented Portuguese Law School, and the law firm Miranda are pleased to announce the creation of the Miranda Chair on Transnational Finance Law
– Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associados
MIRANDA sponsors ABOTA International Meeting
The American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”), one of the largest American organizations of lawyers and judges, will hold its International Meeting on May 14, in Lisbon
– Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associados
Right to Die Card May Lead to Conflict
Salford Council has caused controversy by introducing ‘a right to die scheme’ under the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
– Pannone LLP
Asthma: The Occupational Danger
A leading personal injury solicitor that specialises in industrial disease compensation claims at Manchester law firm Pannone LLP has called for wider recognition of the causes of occupational asthma
– Pannone LLP
CMS DeBacker: Pierre-Axel Chabot becomes a Partner at the law firm CMS DeBacker
Pierre-Axel Chabot (33), who joined CMS DeBacker in 1998, has become a Partner
– CMS Group
Dr. Thomas Zivny joins CHSH as partner in the Banking & Corporate Finance Team
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, one of the largest and most well-known corporate law firms in Austria with offices in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, has added to its already prestigious Banking & Corporate Finance Team
– CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati
Andrew Jackson recruits new head of construction
Hull based real estate specialists Andrew Jackson announce the recruitment of Martin Collingwood as head of construction law
– Andrew Jackson
Hepatitis E Concern for Cruise Liner Passengers
Andrew Morton, a travel claims solicitor at Manchester law firm, Pannone LLP says the outbreak of Hepatitis E onboard the P&O liner Aurora is a concern for passengers who will now be agonising over whether they have contracted the virus.
– Pannone LLP
Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic Appointed New IP Head
Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevice appointed Ms
– Divjak, Topic & Bahtijarevic
Hengeler Mueller advises freenet AG on acquisition of debitel
freenet has signed an agreement to acquire debitel Group, mainly consisting of debitel AG, TALKLINE GmbH and _dug telecom ag
– Hengeler Mueller
Hengeler Mueller advises EQT on sale of Tognum stake to Daimler
The financial investor EQT has reached an agreement with Daimler AG on the sale of its 22.3% shareholding in Tognum AG, one of the world's leading suppliers of off-highway engines, to Daimler AG
– Hengeler Mueller
Hengeler Mueller advises Blackstone on Gerresheimer Exit
BCP Murano II S.à.r.l., an indirect subsidiary of The Blackstone Group International Limited, has sold its remaining 24.96% stake in Gerresheimer AG by way of international private placement to institutional investors
– Hengeler Mueller
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