Reductions in force – also known as collective redundancies – can be daunting for employers, both in dealing with employee issues and protecting the company from liability.

On 30 July 2015, one of Germany's State Data Protection Authorities (DPA) announced that it will put asset deals which involve the transfer of personal data under special surveillance.

Defects affect construction projects throughout their life-cycle – from design to construction to use.

In our third Energy Explored podcast, Reed Smith partners James Atkin and Adam Hedley and associate Terry Prempeh explore how energy industry participants are seeking to enhance...

For more information, read "EU Council Agrees on Partial General Approach to General Data Protection Regulation" by Reed Smith Partner Cynthia O’Donoghue.

As reported in Reed Smith's March 2015 client alert, insolvency practitioners currently enjoy an exemption from the provisions of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).

This alert follows on from our client alert of 7 January 2013, relating to the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No. 1263/2012 against Iran.

On October 26, 2018, China enacted the International Criminal Judicial Assistance Law.

China's National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee issued draft amendments (Amendments) to the standards that govern the protection of personal information ...

China's new "Regulation on the Internet Security Supervision and Inspection by Public Security Organs" went into effect on November 1, 2018.

If they serve health care professionals (HCPs) in EU member states, manufacturers that provide personal protective equipment (PPE) or medical devices used by HCPs caring for known or suspected COVID-19

In our recent client alert, we take a look at the European Commission's proposed new toolbox to intervene where foreign subsidies could potentially distort the EU single market.

Meta-owned Instagram has been fined €405 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),...

Cynthia O'Donoghue and Aselle Ibraimova from Reed Smith's London Office discuss changes in the EU/UK to the standard contractual clauses for data transfers between EU/UK and non-EU/non-UK countries.

Becoming a theme of increasing concern, competition regimes from across the globe have stated to take new measures to sanction natural persons

The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting worse. The World Health Organisation reports that 1,396 have already lost their lives

On July 3, 2019 the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published an updated guidance on the use of cookies. Although the guidance confirms

On March 29, 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published final rules that will create a new operational resilience framework for banks, building societies, solvency II firms, recognized...

In an alert last year, we looked at payment obligations under English law and how payment instruments commonly referred to as ‘guarantees' may be misleading.

The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 (the "CBER") allows for the joint operation of liner shipping companies with combined market share below 30% through 'consortia' to ensure stable distribution of goods.