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Employment and pensions

Reporting Sick After Notice of Termination

It is a pattern many employers will recognise: an employee is told that the company wants to part ways, and
Financial regulation

Key Implications of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) for Financial Institutions' AML policies

Introduction This memorandum outlines the key implications of the new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (the AMLR) for obliged entities, with a
Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU privacy regulators adopt a single data-processing lawful basis for clinical trials

The EDPB and the EDPS back the proposed European Biotech Act but urge stronger safeguards for health and genetic data
Competition, antitrust and trade

UK merger-control reform proposals raise concerns for deal teams to watch

The reform agenda promises greater speed but brings questions over weakened safeguards and political interference
Tax

How speed of response and transparency can limit the impact of a UK tax error

Voluntary disclosure to HMRC can sharply reduce penalties and the risk of wider investigation
Life Sciences and Healthcare

UK clinical trials regulation undergoes its biggest overhaul in 20 years

New framework streamlines approvals and reporting for sponsors while tightening transparency and pharmacovigilance duties
Energy

Measures included in Spanish Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 for the agile and socially integrated deployment of renewable energy

On 22 March 2026, Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 of 20 March came into force, approving the Comprehensive Plan for Responding to
Energy and Energy Transition

The Energy Transition | UK government announces action to break influence of gas on electricity prices

Welcome to our top picks of the latest energy regulatory and market developments in the UK's transition to net zero
Corporate

Spanish law allows creditors to make individual liability claims against directors after de facto trading cessation

Claimants must demonstrate, however, that an orderly winding-up would have recovered their debt at least in part
Tax

Spain requires multinationals to publish first public country-by-country tax report

Large multinationals with Spanish presence face a June deadline for new corporate tax transparency report
Banking and finance

Spain's Supreme Court rules that assignment of claims does not determine insolvency ranking

The decision confirms that ranking depends on when the claim arises not when it is assigned
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Belgium tightens food and pharma control with new inter-agency protocol

Regulators strengthen oversight of food supplements, specialised nutrition, medicated feed and veterinary medicines