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Planning For The Future: Why Mergers Are On The Rise In The Independent School Sector

Schools have had their fair share of challenges over the past few years, with the pandemic, high inflation, and an escalating cost of living putting additional pressure on school budgets...

United Kingdom Consumer

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Wrigleys Solicitors

3 Months In 3 Minutes – The First Quarter Of The New Consumer Protection Regime

We've had the longest day. It's July already. The Competition and Markets Authority has had its superpowers to enforce consumer law directly (under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024)...

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Retail Promotions & Pricing: Legal Essentials For Retailers | Part 7 – Gift Cards: Legal Considerations And Recommendations

Promotions and price reductions are powerful tools in the retail sector, and are subject to legal regulations. From sales and liquidation sales to special offers...

Belgium Consumer

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Altius

Drip Pricing – CMA Launches Much Anticipated Additional Consultation

Drip pricing is when an initial price for a product or service is presented to a consumer only for additional mandatory charges to be added to it further along the customer journey.

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

ASA Rules On Masking Clarity In Price Claims

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK Petition Demanding Video Games Consumer Law Change Hits Debate Threshold

United Kingdom Consumer

DM

Duane Morris LLP

A Unified Approach To Accessibility: EU-Wide Consumer Protections Effective From 28 June 2025

European Union Consumer

MK

Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

Court Of Justice Of The European Union Clarifies Expectations On Consumer Protection And Mortgage Enforcement

Germany Consumer

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Consumer Products Corner - New Trade Realities Bite, As Geopolitics Plays Through The Consumer Products Ecosystem

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: Fashion Faux Pas; Misleading Green And Social Responsibility Claims

Belgium Consumer

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Navigating Green Claims: A Comparative Guide For Businesses In The UK And EU

United Kingdom Consumer

P

Plesner

Ireland's First Representative Action: ICCL v Microsoft

Ireland Consumer

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

Termination Button–Also Required For Agreements With Automatic Expiry And One-Time Payment

Germany Consumer

KG

K&L Gates LLP

EU Targets Platform Practices: What Online Retailers Should Learn From The SHEIN Case

European Union Consumer

LP

Logan & Partners

Turkish Competition Board Clears TAV–Fraport Transaction: A Deep Dive Into Control Assessment And Retrospective Scrutiny

Turkey Anti-trust

EG

ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law

LD Munich, 14 April 2025, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_119/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

European Commission Proposes Further Prohibitions Of Territorial Restrictions On Branded Products

European Union Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

Establishing A New Company In Hungary And The Golden Visa Concept

Turkey Immigration

ML

Miran Legal

Future Of Work By 2030: Skills, Automation, Job Creation & Workforce Strategy

Cyprus Technology

E

Eurofast

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Dodd-Frank, Consumer Protection Act

3 Months In 3 Minutes – The First Quarter Of The New Consumer Protection Regime

We've had the longest day. It's July already. The Competition and Markets Authority has had its superpowers to enforce consumer law directly (under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024)...

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Drip Pricing – CMA Launches Much Anticipated Additional Consultation

Drip pricing is when an initial price for a product or service is presented to a consumer only for additional mandatory charges to be added to it further along the customer journey.

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK Petition Demanding Video Games Consumer Law Change Hits Debate Threshold

A UK government petition demanding changes to consumer law around the sale of video games has passed 100,000 signatures.

United Kingdom Consumer

DM

Duane Morris LLP

A Unified Approach To Accessibility: EU-Wide Consumer Protections Effective From 28 June 2025

European Union Consumer

MK

Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

Court Of Justice Of The European Union Clarifies Expectations On Consumer Protection And Mortgage Enforcement

Germany Consumer

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Goodwin Antitrust & Regulatory Shorts: Fashion Faux Pas; Misleading Green And Social Responsibility Claims

Belgium Consumer

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Will We (A) See New Rules On Online Prize Draws And Competitions; (B) See No New Rules; (C) Neither; Or (D) Both?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

LS

Lewis Silkin

Fighting Counterfeits Online: How The EU Digital Services Act Helps

European Union IP

TJ

Triniti Jurex

FCA Sets Priorities For Financial Services Regulation

United Kingdom Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Health & Safety

Individual Managers Facing Prosecution Over Four Firemen Deaths

We recently reported on the trial of three Warwickshire fire services managers charged with manslaughter.

United Kingdom Litigation

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

International Comparative Legal Guide To Pharmaceutical Advertising 2012 Edition (Ireland Chapter)

The advertising of medicinal products is governed by a combination of legislation and codes of practice.

Ireland Consumer

AC

Arthur Cox

Teeth Whitening Protection - A New Reason To Smile?

A new EU Council Directive was passed in the final quarter of 2011, which will control the use of hydrogen peroxide in teeth whitening products. The aim of the new Directive is to heighten patient awareness and safety in terms of the provision of teeth whitening treatments.

Ireland Consumer

M

Matheson

Network Rail Fined £1 Million For Double Fatality In 2005

United Kingdom Employment

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Findings Announced In First Fatal Accident Inquiry To Be Re-Opened Twice

United Kingdom Employment

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Health And Safety Calendar - Winter 2011

United Kingdom Employment

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Hazardous Waste Threshold Questioned At Parliamentary Hearings

United Kingdom Government

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Health And Safety Update - August 2011

United Kingdom Employment

CR

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Lord Young's Common Sense Common Safety Report Published

United Kingdom Employment

TE

Thomas Eggar

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Product Liability & Safety

Consumer Products Corner - New Trade Realities Bite, As Geopolitics Plays Through The Consumer Products Ecosystem

After strong inventory turnover performance exiting 2025, CPG companies reversed that trend and built inventory entering 2025 in large part to mitigate tariff volatility...

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

The New EU Product Liability Directive: Key Changes And Implications For The Life Sciences Sector

The new Product Liability Directive marks the most significant overhaul of product liability law in nearly four decades.

Ireland Healthcare

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

LIfe Sciences Outlook 2025 - Litigation, Dispute Resolution And Products

It is fair to say that the last number of years have seen a shift in terms of the shape of the liability regime for the life sciences industry, as well as industry more broadly.

Ireland Healthcare

AC

Arthur Cox

Update: Transposition Of Revised Product Liability Regime By 2026

Ireland Consumer

WF

William Fry

UK Product Safety Rules – Another EU Divergence Challenge?

United Kingdom Energy

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Uzaktan İletişim Araçları Yoluyla Piyasaya Arz Edilen Ürünlerin Piyasa Gözetimi ve Denetimi Yönetmeliği ile Uygulama Rehberi Yayımlandı

Turkey Consumer

LP

LBF Partners

Regulation On Market Surveillance And Inspection Of Products Offered To The Market Through Remote Communication Tools And Its Implementation Guide Published

Turkey Consumer

LP

LBF Partners

What You Really Need To Know About Packaging And Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) In The EU And UK

Worldwide Healthcare

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Retail & Consumer Horizon Scanner 2025

Worldwide Consumer

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

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Consumer Law

Fake Or Misleading Consumer Reviews: Time's Running Out To Put Your House In Order

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is about to start enforcing new rules designed to prevent the publication of fake or misleading consumer reviews.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Use Of Personal Data In Marketing And The Approach Of The Advertising Board

The Advertising Board ("Board") works to raise awareness about targeted advertising and deceptive commercial design practices, monitor international regulations and applications related to digital advertising...

European Union Privacy

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

3 Months In 3 Minutes – The First Quarter Of The New Consumer Protection Regime

We've had the longest day. It's July already. The Competition and Markets Authority has had its superpowers to enforce consumer law directly (under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024)...

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Retail Promotions & Pricing: Legal Essentials For Retailers | Part 7 – Gift Cards: Legal Considerations And Recommendations

Belgium Consumer

A

Altius

Which? Study Finds Widespread Breaches Of CMA's Green Claims Code

United Kingdom Environment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Drip Pricing – CMA Launches Much Anticipated Additional Consultation

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

ASA Rules On Masking Clarity In Price Claims

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK Petition Demanding Video Games Consumer Law Change Hits Debate Threshold

United Kingdom Consumer

DM

Duane Morris LLP

FIG Top 5 At 5 - 26/06/2025

Ireland Finance

M

Matheson

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Latest Videos

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GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

A

AlixPartners

Greenwashing: Don't Get Caught Out - ThinkHouse (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

Talking HEds - Wellbeing On Campus: Managing Your Responsibilities (Video)

MR

Mills & Reeve

Business To Consumer (UK) (Video)

AP

Alpha Partners

How Product Liability Class Actions Are Growing In The UK (Video)

DP

DLA Piper UK LLP

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