In this edition of Pensions Round-Up we look at key developments in pensions legislation, case law and regulatory guidance from July 2019 including:

The Government has today released draft Terms of Reference for the Resource Management Review Panel (Panel). The Terms of Reference are available to download here.

With International Finance Institutions becoming more active in supporting public-private partnership (PPP) projects across the Gulf Region, the opportunities for, and success of, PPPs within the GCC are changing.

In 2018 and the first half of 2019, there were a number of important developments in class actions.

In R (oao Glenn & Co (Essex) Ltd) v Commissioners of HMRC [2010] EWHC 1469, it has been confirmed by the High Court that HMRC officers can potentially remove computer equipment without the need for a search warrant.

The Eastern District of Virginia, commonly referred to as the "Rocket Docket," is notorious among US courts for the speed with which it processes and resolves cases.

Whistleblowers who assist the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including those residing outside the US, may receive substantial bounties under the new whistleblower provisions of the recently passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

In a rare pro-employer decision, on September 12, 2019 the California Supreme Court decided in ZB, N.A. v. Superior Court that Private Attorney General Act (PAGA)

We previously alerted employers of a new Dallas paid sick-leave ordinance which was scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2019. See our earlier reporting here

Days before the Huawei Temporary General License (TGL) was set to expire, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has extended it for the third time.

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on potential changes to the Children's' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule, which was adopted in 2000 and revised by the Commission in 2013.

An oversight hearing to look into the national security implications of facial recognition technology previously scheduled for the week of December 16 has been postponed until next year.

On June 18, 2019, Facebook unveiled plans for a digital currency called Libra, which the company hopes will "transform the global economy" by offering an alternative to cash, bank transfers, and credit card transactions.

There has been a lot of commentary recently about whistleblowers and the proposed amendments to the Protected Disclosures Act 2000,

On 27 June 2019, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1108, extending the economic sanctions on Russia in response to Russia's actions destabilising

Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Conservative Party on Tuesday 23 July, and appointed Prime Minster of the United Kingdom on Wednesday 24 July

The First-tier Tribunal has held in the Virgin Media Ltd case ([2020] UKFTT 0030 (TC)) that a supplemental monthly payment handling charge was not payment for a separate exempt supply...

Yesterday, 29 January 2020, the European Parliament ratified the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU)...

In recent years there has been an explosion in large-scale mass litigation taking place across the globe. In the UK, substantive changes to the law

On 6 August 2019, the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued much-awaited guidance on corporate co-operation, which forms part of its Operational Handbook (the Guidance).