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Business Crime Update | May 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of Osborne Clarke's Business Crime Newsletter published as we enter spring and with the promise

IT and data

Cybersecurity in IT contracting

Allocating risk with regard to liability for IT security in contractual negotiations requires a clear understanding of each party's responsibilities

Corporate

UK passes new law allowing government intervention in transactions on national security grounds

Substantial change is now set for the UK M&A landscape, with a wide range of transactions in scope, including current

Financial Services

Financial services complaints: when is a complaint not a complaint?

Institutions must follow detailed rules, laid down by the Financial Conduct Authority, as to how and when they must deal

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break | Covid-19 update; flexible working requests; shared parental pay in the tribunal and our April pensions spotlight for HR

Welcome to our Employment Law Coffee Break in which we highlight the latest developments and issues impacting UK employers.

Competition, antitrust and trade

French watchdog directs film distributors on ways to avoid competition breaches

Film release schedule to ease France's film industry out of the pandemic is deemed as a cartel, but competition authority

Regulatory and compliance

French government looks to support the 'ecological transition' of print media

New recommendations point the way for government and France's print media to turn the constraints of environmental liability into an

Intellectual property

Reform of France's audiovisual sector takes major step forward

Legislation is poised to create a new merged regulatory watchdog with increased powers to fight digital piracy, disinformation and online

Dispute resolution

Monopoly: General Court narrows Hasbro's trade mark protection and vetoes evergreening

Ruling confirms that brand owners who, without good reason, have re-filed a trade mark that is already protected, are likely