If you own a smartphone and have been on a plane with it in the last few years, then the chances are that at some point you have been asked by a flight attendant to turn it off and put it away during take-off or landing.

Details emerged this week of the activities and communications of some of the traders implicated in the global LIBOR investigations.

The criminal trial of three executives accused of fixing prices for water storage tanks has been taking place this week in London.

Following up on a draft from earlier this year, on 10 October 2014, the Regulation No 1062/2014 on the review programme for existing active substances under the 528/2012 Biocidal Products Regulation was published in the EU Official Journal.

And time for an update on the various antitrust investigations into price fixing in the hotel online booking sector.

In April, we discussed the first reported case on the application of the UK competition rules to land agreements (Martin Retail Group Ltd v Crawley Borough Council).

In the UK, the investigation into unlawful restrictive agreements in the hotel online booking sector was closed by way of commitments offered by the parties.

Competition law and broadcasting issues have continued to offer interesting insights into the dynamics of the UK broadcasting market.

The Finance Act 2014 implements a number of changes which were announced in the 2014 Budget, including those relating to lump sums payable by to scheme members.

British Vogue has become the first fashion publisher to sign up to a code of conduct for the treatment of models, followed hot on their heels by Debenhams.

Belgium’s tender for new gas-fired power capacity eligible for state support has been widened to include open cycle as well as combined cycle units, according to an economy ministry document seen by Platts.

The need for certainty of supply, a buffer against price volatility and the continued growth of renewable energies which are lowering prices are driving significant growth in the corporate PPA market.

Stuart Carter who heads up Fieldfisher's Oil and Gas Team, based in London, recently returned from the 22nd Africa Oil Week Conference where he met many of the delegates and speakers.

A global code of conduct for the wholesale FX market was launched last week.

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal this week upheld a ruling that specialist doctors (consultants) must publish more information about their performance and their fees.

This week, the spotlight is on key regulatory risk issues currently faced by companies in the food and drink sector. - See more at: http://www.fieldfisher.com/publications/2015/09/food-for-thought-mapping-your-regulatory-risks#sthash.iTKlLZPY.dpuf

The Article 50 bill, which allows Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Brexit, has completed its journey through Parliament and received Royal Assent yesterday...

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription service for our PRG Blog to replace our Public and Regulatory Law Group Alerter.

On 5 December 2014, the government released in draft The Films (Definition of "British Film") Order 2015.

From 1 July 2013, the period for making a judicial review challenge to a planning decision reduced from 3 months to 6 weeks.