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ArticleThe French Drug Agency Today Published 33 Decisions Imposing Fines On Pharmaceutical Companies For Alleged Non-compliance With The French Rules On Safety StocksIn 2021, the French drug agency determined that the stocks of hundreds of specific pharmaceutical products must be maintained by pharmaceutical companies at a level equivalent to 4 months of coverage...FranceFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesFieldfisher
ArticleOLG Düsseldorf: Generelles Verbot der Nutzung von Preissuchmaschinen in selektivem Vertrieb unzulässigEin Hersteller darf den Händlern im Rahmen eines selektiven Vertriebssystems nicht generell die Nutzung von Preissuchmaschinen verbieten, so das OLG Düsseldorf in der Entscheidung vom 5. April 2017.GermanyAntitrust/Competition LawFieldfisher
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ArticleCharity Update; Charities And Data Protection LawFollowing the Information Commissioner's Office announcement that it has issued monetary penalties to two charities for contraventions of the Data Protection Act, the Charity Commission confirms...United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawFieldfisher
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ArticleLand Ahoy!For nearly 30 years we have been scratching our heads over the vexed question of whether guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) need to be equalised – and the even more vexed question of how this might be doneUnited KingdomEmployment and HRFieldfisher
ArticleThe ‘Uberization' Of The Labour MarketA new article written by Employment Partner Stefan Nerinckx has just been published in Forum, the legal journal of the prestigious European Academy of Law...United KingdomEmployment and HRFieldfisher
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ArticleIs The UK Opening Up To Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products?Today, news broke that baby Arthur Morgan is the first to receive ground-breaking gene therapy treatment Zolgensma®, reimbursed by the NHS.United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesFieldfisher
ArticleThe UK's National Security And Investment Act 2021 – Our Review Of The UK Government's 2023-24 Annual ReportThe UK Government's third annual report on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 outlines key data and insights on its scrutiny of business transactions from April 2023 to March 2024.United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorFieldfisher
ArticleWill The Brexit Trade Deal Take 10 Years?We see that Sir Ivan Rogers, Britain's ambassador to the EU, is reported as saying that it could take until the mid-2020s to get a UK-EU trade deal in place. United KingdomInternational LawFieldfisher
ArticleFilm Distribution RightsThe UT observed that the question of whether a person is trading is essentially a question of fact, and that it should not interfere unless compelled to do so.United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentFieldfisher
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ArticleOfcom Reconsiders Abolition Of Ex-ante RegulationsOfcom has recently published a final statement in relation to current market power in the UK broadcast transmission services market.United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentFieldfisher
ArticleUsing US Sales Terms In EuropeNearly every US in-house counsel has faced the task of tackling an impending overseas deal when only US State law governed terms are at hand. United StatesInternational LawFieldfisher
ArticleIntermediary LiabilityOnline intermediary liability has been debated in the courts since the internet came into being. WorldwideMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentFieldfisher