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Regulatory Outlook

Bribery, fraud and anti-money laundering | UK Regulatory Outlook June 2023

Businesses subject to greater scrutiny under new Home Office plans | Lords committee fraud report: in focus | HRMC updates
Dispute resolution

Barcelona's Gavi appeal: injunctive relief and filing time limits

The 20-day time limit for filing a claim starts to run with the notification of the interim injunction to the
Dispute resolution

Spanish Supreme Court sets first damages for truck cartel at 5%

The Supreme Court has cleared up doubts about the existence of damage to the truck cartel and the claimants' entitlement
Retail and Consumer

Supermarket clash underscores need for clarity from UK Supreme Court on trade mark bad faith

Bad faith claim succeeded in ongoing dispute but trade mark and copyright infringement and passing off still found

Real estate

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of ratepayer in charity business rates dispute

Unanimous decision upheld Court of Appeal judgment entitling Nuffield Health to non-domestic rates relief for charities
Financial Services

Dutch banking uses industry baselines to reduce client AML-CTF impact

Five risk-based baselines have been published by the Dutch Banking Association with 12 more expected
Unified Patent Court

New judicial code of conduct addresses partiality concerns over UPC part-time technical judges

A new code supplements rules on judicial independence and impartiality in the Unified Patent Court Agreement and Statute
Future-proofing supply chains

MOVEit ransomware attack highlights importance of managing supply-chain cyber risks

UK and international breaches are a timely reminder that organisations need to properly assess supply chain security
Artificial intelligence

Rise of the machines: AI is opening up a new front in the war on cyber crime

All new technologies create opportunities for criminals and it is a constant race to stay ahead of the latest threats
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Pharma impacted by new EU packaging and packaging waste proposals

The European Commission concludes its feedback period from stakeholders on its draft regulation
Regulatory and compliance

Criminal offences of insider dealing to be aligned with the UK Market Abuse Regulation

An update of the list of securities and markets in the Criminal Justice Act 1993 is long overdue