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Back to basics – Hong Kong Court of Appeal queries approach to winding-up petitions where arbitration is involved
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has suggested that a previous Court decision may have overstepped the mark by suggesting that an arbitration clause in a client agreement should generally take precedence over a creditor’s right to present a winding-up petition.
In But Ka Chon v Interactive Brokers LLC [2019] HKCA 873 (an otherwise fairly routine financial product misrepresentation case), Vice President of the Court of Appeal Madam Justice Kwan made obiter comments implying that…
Higher MEES on the horizon?
On 15 October, the government published a consultation on tightening minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for commercial properties.
Click here for a copy of the consultation. Responses must be submitted by 7 January 2020 and we strongly encourage all interested parties to respond.
The consultation focuses on two key questions:
What should the minimum standard of energy efficiency for all commercial properties be in 2030; and
How should we get there?
The government’s clear preference is…
Hogan Lovells Blockchain Summit – 5 November 2019
Hogan Lovells is proud to host our Blockchain Summit on “The Impact of Digital Assets on Financial Institutions” at our offices in London. Join us for a series of in-depth panels and presentations on regulatory and compliance issues from industry leaders and legal compliance specialists.
Agenda highlights:
Keynote
Lawrence Wintermeyer, Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance
Panels:
Blockchain regulation around the world
This panel will feature a range of regulators from across Europe who will discuss their…
Medical Research Council Advises on How to Anonymise Information for Research Purposes
Anonymisation has always been (and still is) a real challenge for those carrying out clinical research. To shed some light on this matter, the Medical Research Council (MCR) – which is part of UK Research and Innovation – has recently published guidance on Identifiability, anonymisation and pseudonymisation (the guidance). Although the guidance itself states that it has been developed with the participation of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), it is not ICO-approved and so institutes…
Poland: Implementation of the EU rules on falsified medicines
The new law implementing the EU rules on falsified medicines which has been applicable since February 2019 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules for the safety features appearing on the packaging of medicinal products for human use – ‟EU Regulationˮ) will enter into force on 23 October 2019. This new law was introduced through an amendment…
Publication in the Federal Official Gazette of the Draft Amendment to the Mexican Official Standard 051 concerning labeling requirements for prepackaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages
On October 10, 2019, the Draft Amendment to the Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, General Labelling Specifications for Prepackaged Foods and Non-Alcoholic Beverages-Commercial and Health Information (NOM-051) was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF).
The aforementioned publication derives from the amendment process which is subject to the referred Mexican Official Standard. As part of such process, any individuals and/or stakeholders have a 60 calendar-day period for the submission of any comments regarding the contents of the draft…
FCC Announces Participants in Auction 103
In a Public Notice released October 7, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the status of the 39 short-form applications for Auction 103, which is scheduled to begin on December 10, 2019. Auction 103 will offer 14,144 licenses covering some 3,400 megahertz of spectrum in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands.
The FCC announced 29 complete and 10 incomplete applications for Auction 103. All applicants with complete applications will become…
FCC Announces Participants in Auction 103
In a Public Notice released October 7, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the status of the 39 short-form applications for Auction 103, which is scheduled to begin on December 10, 2019. Auction 103 will offer 14,144 licenses covering some 3,400 megahertz of spectrum in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands.
The FCC announced 29 complete and 10 incomplete applications for Auction 103. All applicants with complete applications will become…
It’s Not Just California with an Employee-Friendly Worker Misclassification Test: Massachusetts was an Early Adopter
The legal community paid close attention to the California Supreme Court’s 2018 Dynamex decision which adopted a strict test to curtail misclassification of workers as independent contractors. Now that the California legislature has codified and signed the Dynamex decision into law as Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), both the national and legal press have sounded alarm bells about the law’s impact on the gig economy and its reliance on independent contractors.
Companies that conduct business…