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The Kentucky Supreme Court has held that Doctors Associates, Inc (which owns the "Subway" trademark and franchises the right to operate Subway sandwich shops worldwide) was not liable for its franchisee's employees' compensation payments (which the franchisee had failed to make).

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that criminal proceedings will be brought against an Alstom company.

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a group holding company was not liable to an employee of one of its subsidiaries who had contracted asbestosis.

The Governance Institute (ICSA) and the Investment Association (IA) have jointly published guidance on board engagement with stakeholders.

Every minority shareholder in a company has the right to complain if its rights have been unfairly prejudiced.

On 24 September 2015, AIM Regulation published a new Inside AIM update to provide guidance on AIM company disclosures relating to equity financing products, in which an AIM company or its directors are interested.

We wrote in July last year on this blog that an Australian government inquiry report recommended a review of the Australian Franchising Code with a view to assessing whether there was scope...

Can a company require a non-executive director to return all documents containing confidential information, when he ceases to be a director?

On 17 January 2014, the Takeover Panel Executive published Practice Statement No 27.

The Government is consulting on proposed regulations to require all quoted companies and other large companies and limited liability partnerships to publish information about their payment practices.

Property Alliance Group ("PAG") sued RBS for alleged misrepresentations about LIBOR in connection with interest rate swaps sold to it by RBS.

In the UK the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") obtained its first conviction against a corporation for bribing foreign officials.

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that corporate manslaughter charges are to be brought against a mining company, under the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007.

Earlier this month the Pensions Regulator published a suite of documents which set out how it intends to regulate money purchase occupational pension schemes.

In yesterday's Budget the Chancellor announced radical changes to pensions.

The High Court emphasised the limits to what the Courts can do to assist employers and trustees faced with having to deal with inadequately implemented changes.

It is one year on from the Government's response to Field Fisher Waterhouse partner Graeme Nuttall's review of employee ownership, the Nuttall Review.