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The upsurge of class action claims in Israel against multinational cartels | Goldfarb Seligman Law Offices

In recent years we have been witnessing a trend of filing class action claims in Israel following on decisions by foreign antitrust authorities and courts declaring the existence of cartels outside of Israel. In most instances, the plaintiff (or its attorney specialising in filing class actions) will identify a decision whereby parties to a foreign …

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Recent competition law developments in Turkey: amendments to guidelines on vertical agreements | ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

Article 4 of Law No 4054 on the Protection of Competition (Law No 4054) prohibits all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices having (or that may have) as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within a Turkish product or services market or a part thereof. …

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The increasing enforcement of competition law: a sectoral snapshot | Brodies

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK competition regulator, has had a busy few years since being created in 2014. It has imposed record fines for competition law infringements across a wide range of sectors, and secured its first director disqualifications and criminal conviction.

Why Poland became a key part of Europe’s fintech scene – and what comes next | Soltysinski Kawecki Szlezak

Poland is at the forefront of technological advancement in Europe in the implementation of modern payment and banking solutions, such as contactless payments, bank-branded pay-by-link payments, or sector-wide solutions such as the BLIK mobile payment service. The popularity of mobile and e-banking (with almost seven and 14 million active users, respectively) and contactless payments (currently …

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The half way point to Brexit: 12 months down, 12 months to go | Lewis Silkin

29 March marked the one year anniversary since Article 50 was triggered. The last 12 months have seen a number of key developments. Following the end of the first stage of negotiations in Brussels, there is now an agreement in place for the rights of EU nationals and their family members living in the UK. …

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A client’s perspective on rate reviews | Yerra Solutions

We just made it through that time of year the majority of law firms update their standard rate cards. They will send these out some time during the first quarter to let those clients who accept such things, often with a standard ‘discount’, know what their new rates became (past tense) effective 1 January.

Protection of personal data in the age of artificial intelligence and machine learning | OZDAGISTANLI EKICI

Disruptive technology has been a favourite subject for more than a decade. It had quite an affect on decision making in businesses but the pace at which technological advances are made today makes disruptive technology even a hotter topic for all industries.

Will drones start to be part of our daily lives by 2019? | Maravela Asociatii

Who would have believed that what we had only seen in movies or we read about in our childhood would eventually become real in our lifetime?

Messaging services in Russia: the intricacies of regulation | King & Spalding

The regulation of messaging services (messenger apps) in Russia is an example of attempts to have new technologies regulated based on approaches and rules formed long ago and to make online activities follow to a large extent the rules set for the telecommunications industry.

Documentation stored in cloud computing as evidence in Ecuador | CC&B Abogados

Cloud computing is a service of storage of information, database, networking software analytics, among others, provided through the internet or on the cloud. Generally, these types of services are paid for under a ‘utility model’ scheme, on a monthly basis by users, or based on the space used.