Summer 2022

New competition rules for distribution arrangements | Brodies

On 1 June 2022 new rules came into force in both the EU and UK concerning exemptions from competition law rules for so-called ‘vertical’ agreements.

External risk, greenwashing, and how to manage it | Pinsent Masons

Nursing deep bruises from the seemingly endless bombardment of external curveballs which have battered businesses in recent years, most organisations will have given up some time ago in planning for any return to normality.

Digital reputation management for businesses and C-suites: online opportunities and emerging threats | Schillings

In today’s digital-first world, businesses and C-suites are increasingly using social media to raise their profiles, contribute to online conversation, and to market services. But alongside the countless opportunities it offers, social media also poses risks to privacy, reputation and security.

Employment in a Covid-present world – what employers need to ponder | Maddocks

In the now infamous email, titled ‘To be super clear’, sent to all Tesla employees last month, Elon Musk wrote: ‘Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week. Moreover, the office must be where your actual colleagues are located, not some remote pseudo office. If you …

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Employment in Hong Kong | RPC

Although Hong Kong’s employment laws are relatively straight forward and similar to the UK, there are a number of unique provisions that companies hiring workers should be aware of. We spoke with the employment team at RPC to understand more. What is the importance of employment status in Hong Kong? Whether a worker is an …

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Employees vs independent contractors under Egyptian law | Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy

Employers often find themselves in need of hiring independent contractors to meet certain business needs. Moreover, independent contractors are generally attractive to employers, as they offer flexible working arrangements without the responsibilities that arise from hiring employees. However, as an in-house lawyer, you are always apprehensive of the risk of misclassification of contractors as employees, …

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Brexit’s implications for UK antitrust enforcement | Cleary Gottlieb

In a short period of time, and without any change in UK law, the CMA’s enforcement of UK merger rules has become much more interventionist. Can you explain how CMA enforcement has changed?

The UK financial restructuring market | Shearman & Sterling

The last two years have seen significant developments and unexpected turns in the financial restructuring market. The impact of the Covid pandemic precipitated an immediate and significant uptick in the level of corporates facing underperformance and distress, only to be followed in 2021 by an incredibly ‘hot’ financing market and significant drop-off in corporate default …

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Covid-19 vaccination and alternative work arrangements in the Philippines | ACCRALAW

More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, there appears to be no end in sight for the infectious disease. New cases in the Philippines are again increasing, with the daily new cases breaching the 2,000 mark anew due mainly to the more transmissible variants of the virus.

Dutch employment law – exciting and complicated | ACG International

After the world was literally locked up by the global Covid measures, everyone was ready to get back to work, to do business, to develop, to meet business partners and to travel. But a shortage of personnel seems to be curbing these ambitions of many entrepreneurs.

Knives out for labour reform: major rollbacks to Puerto Rico’s 2017 Labour Reform Act expected | Adsuar Muñiz Goyco Seda & Pérez-Ochoa, P.S.C.

On 26 January 2017, Puerto Rico enacted Law No 4-2017 (Law No 4-2017), a far-reaching statute known as the Labour Reform Act, which amended most of the existing labour and employment legislation in the jurisdiction.

The new style of working in Japan – ‘Work Style Reform’ and teleworking | City-Yuwa Partners

In 2019, right before the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese government introduced the so-called ‘Work Style Reform’ which aimed to (i) reduce the infamous long working hours of Japanese workers, (ii) introduce flexible and diverse work styles, and (iii) ensure that all workers receive equal treatment. This shift towards a new work style was accelerated by …

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