EU: Update on the REACH “article in article” debate
On 12 February 2015, Advocate General (AG) Kokott published her non-binding opinion in a preliminary ruling referred to the Court of Justice of the European...
MedTech Europe recommends phasing out conference sponsorship for Healthcare Professionals by 2018
In late 2014, the trade associations for the Med-Tech and Diagnostics industries in Europe have recommended phasing out by 1 January 2018 all direct...
EU Foreign Affairs Council reaffirms willingness to strengthen Libyan sanctions
At today's meeting of the European Foreign Affairs Council ("FAC"), the EU reiterated its readiness to designate "spoilers of the dialogue process in line with the...
EU to counter money laundering – company owners required to be listed on national...
On December 17, 2014, EU law makers within the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached political consensus on tougher anti-money laundering...
Social Media Survey – How Corporates Engage and Manage Risks
Baker & McKenzie has released its first global client survey on Social Media. Based on the responses from international clients across a range of 14...
OECD’s Foreign Bribery Report released: Three-fourths of cases involved intermediaries
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 2, 2014 released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale. 427 transnational...
Transparency International Launches the Latest Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 – China Loses Ground
On 3 December 2014, Transparency International ("TI") launched its latest Corruption Perceptions Index ("CPI") 2014. The CPI ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their...
In Search of The Obvious: Groupement des Cartes Bancaires and ‘By Object’ Infringements under...
GCB is a landmark judgment with important implications for the European Commission and member states applying EU competition law, as well as the companies...
Only Four Countries Actively Enforce OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
On 23 October 2014, Transparency International published a report which analyzed the enforcement of the the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Anti Bribery...
EU: New time limits for contractually agreed payment terms
On July 29, 2014 the law on combating late payment in commercial transactions came into force. It serves to implement the Directive 2011/7/EU of...