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ashurst adtlaw update
23 OCT 2018 Lessons from the Jurong Aromatics case: non-assignment, crystallisation and set-off
On 3 October 2018, the Singapore High Court delivered its judgment on Jurong Aromatics Corp Pte Ltd (receivers and managers appointed) and others v BP...
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Energy & Resources Alert
22 OCT 2018 Significant reform to Queensland's resources legislation - MWOLA Act passed
The Mineral, Water and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Qld), passed on 18 October 2018, creates significant reform to Queensland's resources legislation
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PUBLIC M&A
22 OCT 2018 UK Public M&A Update
Overview 14 firm offers were announced in Q3 2018 (compared to 9 in Q2 2018 and 13 in Q1 2018), with a combined offer value of £14.3 billion (representing...
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uk contentious financial services update
19 OCT 2018 FOS: The expansion begins
On 16 October 2018, the FCA published a policy statement following its earlier consultation on the expansion of the Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS)...
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Competition Law News
18 OCT 2018 Joining the dots and filling in the blanks: more changes to the Australian Consumer Law
The Commonwealth Parliament has made more changes to the Australian Consumer Law addressing single figure pricing provisions, unconscionable conduct protections...
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Commonwealth Alert | Australia
18 OCT 2018 A Brave New World: Judicial Review of Commonwealth Procurement
The Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2018 (Cth) will establish judicial review of Commonwealth procurement and has been passed by both houses...
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Competition newsletter | uk
17 OCT 2018 First follow on cartel damages judgment by English courts
On 9 October 2018, the English High Court handed down judgment in a €180+ million damages claim brought by BritNed Development Limited ("BritNed") against...
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competition newsletter | uk
17 OCT 2018 "No deal" Brexit: what UK competition law might look like
On 13 September 2018, the UK government tried to shine some light on this area by publishing a technical notice on the provisions for merger control and...
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competition newsletter | uk
17 OCT 2018 Court of Appeal supports principle of legal privilege for internal investigations
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited ("ENRC") has successfully overturned, in part, a High Court judgment in which the UK's Serious Fraud Office...
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competition newsletter | eu
17 OCT 2018 Complainants cannot force investigation - ECJ dismisses plant protection appeal
On 20 September 2018, the EU Court of Justice ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal brought by several parallel importers of plant protection products (the "Applicants")...
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competition newsletter | uk
17 OCT 2018 CMA publishes pricing algorithms study
On 8 October 2018, the UK's Competition & Markets Authority ("CMA") published an economic research paper on the conditions under which algorithmic pricing...
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competition newsletter | uk
17 OCT 2018 CMA issues first ever land agreement infringement
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has taken competition law enforcement action in a case involving a land agreement for the first time....
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competition newsletter | eu
17 OCT 2018 Luxembourg McDonald's tax rulings not State aid
On 19 September 2018, the European Commission ("Commission") found, following an in-depth investigation, that the non-taxation of McDonald's profits in...
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competition newsletter | UK
17 OCT 2018 CMA "scraps" Phase 1 recycling merger decision
On 14 August 2018 the CMA published its Phase 2 decision in relation to the merger of Ausurus Group Ltd and Metal and Waste Recycling. The final decision...
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competition newsletter | eu
17 OCT 2018 Commission unconditionally clears Apple's acquisition of Shazam
On 6 September 2018, the European Commission ("Commission") unconditionally cleared Apple's acquisition of Shazam after a Phase 2 review, concluding that...
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competition newsletter | germany
17 OCT 2018 External adviser fined for first time as part of publishing cartel
On 3 September 2018, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") imposed fines amounting to in total €16 million on DuMont Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KG ("DuMont"),...
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Competition newsletter | france
17 OCT 2018 Medical waste disposal supplier fined for excessive pricing
The French Competition Authority, the Autorité de la concurrence ("AdlC"), has imposed a fine of €199 000 on Sanicorse for abusing its dominant position...
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COMPETITION NEWSLETTER | UK
17 OCT 2018 Landmark Damages Directive trucks disclosure judgment in English courts
On 15 August 2018, the Court of Appeal (of England and Wales) refused DAF and Iveco (truck manufacturers) permission to appeal an order requiring DAF to...
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competition newsletter | eu
17 OCT 2018 Chips are down for General Court: ECJ orders reassessment of smart card chips fine
On 26 September 2018, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down judgments in Infineon (Case C‑99/17 P) and Philips (Case C‑98/17 P) relating to...
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ashurst adtlaw update
16 OCT 2018 MAS Publishes Response to Feedback Received on Draft Securities and Futures Regulations - Part 3
This is the final instalment of the trilogy of updates and in this update, we will consider certain aspects of the second MAS Response in relation to the...
