Legal Update
September 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The EU Council has voted to extend the copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years. This change marks the culmination of much publicised campaigning from a number of high-profile musicians and producers.
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Media Coverage
20 September 2011
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The Lawyer
Coverage of London Litigation partner Clare Canning's appointment as Global General Counsel at Ernst & Young. Articles also appear in Legal Week and The Times. |
Media Coverage
19 September 2011
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Media Coverage
19 September 2011
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Professional Pensions
Coverage of the online guide designed in partnership with Mayer Brown to help scheme secretaries develop their pensions knowledge and understanding.
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Legal Update
13 September 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The English Supreme Court has ruled that the English Courts are able to hear claims for infringement of US copyright brought against UK-domiciled defendants – and should do so.
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Media Coverage
12 September 2011
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The Lawyer
Coverage of Mayer Brown's position on AXA's global legal panel.
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Legal Update
9 September 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The patent wars raging in the global technology sector show no signs of a ceasefire. If anything, the tempo is increasing. The sector is currently seeing a wave of acquisitions of massive multi-billion dollar patent portfolios covering smartphones and computer tablets, driven by their purchasers’ desire to equip themselves with ammunition in the increasingly vicious battle for global supremacy over mobile platforms.
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Media Coverage
7 September 2011
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Legal Week
Global Energy Group head Rob Hamill led the Mayer Brown team advising on $4.2 billion merger for former BP chief executive Tony Hayward.
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News Release
7 September 2011
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Genel Energy International on the planned merger with Vallares PLC to create a London-listed oil and gas champion focused on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Media Coverage
7 September 2011
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The Lawyer
Global Energy Group head Rob Hamill is quoted as Mayer Brown advise on $4.2 billion merger for former BP chief executive Tony Hayward.
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Legal Update
7 September 2011
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Mayer Brown JSM Legal Update
On 29 August 2011, the High Court handed down a judgment in the case Re: Ho Mei Ling (HCAL 51/2011), which concerned an application for leave to apply for judicial review taken out by a resident of Stage 8 of Mei Foo Sun Chuen. The action was launched against the decision of the Building Authority (the "BA") to approve building plans in the estate.
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Media Coverage
6 September 2011
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Reactions
Further coverage of new Mayer Brown partner hire Colin Scagell to the Corporate Insurance practice.
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Legal Update
5 September 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The Government has recently announced, in its White Paper on Electricity Market Reform (EMR), further green taxes that will have, in their own words, a "significant impact" on energy-intensive industries, such as data centres.
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Legal Update
5 September 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
Following its pledge in the 2011 Budget that the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme will (subject to State Aid approval) be extended to 2023, the Government has just issued a consultation on how it proposes the new scheme will operate.
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Media Coverage
5 September 2011
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Legal Week
Further coverage of new Mayer Brown partner hire Colin Scagell to the Corporate Insurance practice.
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News Release
5 September 2011
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Mayer Brown
Leading global law firm Mayer Brown announced the hire of Colin Scagell to the Corporate & Securities practice and Insurance Industry Group in London. Colin joins today as a partner from Debevoise & Plimpton.
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News Release
September 2011
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown is supporting the drama department at Morpeth Secondary School in Bethnal Green in an innovative CSR project.
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Media Coverage
Summer 2011
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City Solicitor
London Construction associate James Morris considers its potential for the profession and the risks its use presents
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Legal Update
31 August 2011
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Legal Update
31 August 2011
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
There has been equality legislation in England and Wales for over 40 years. However, discrimination remains a significant issue for employers. Gender diversity and, in particular, the under representation of women on boards of UK companies has been under the spotlight lately.
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News Release
25 August 2011
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown advised investment management firm Indigo Capital on the mezzanine financing in relation to the acquisition of the European and Australian Spandex Group by private equity house Gilde from Gerber Scientific, Inc.
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News Release
18 August 2011
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown advised international data centre developer, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., on its acquisition of a 130,000 square feet building in London which, when fully developed, will become one of the pre-eminent data centres inside the M25 . The development will have the ability to support a total IT power capacity of 8MW. The undeveloped site was acquired for £12.9m from an undisclosed seller.
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FTI Consulting, Summer 2011, Issue 7
Senior associate Tom Duncan and associate Sean Hardy discuss. This article is reproduced with the kind permissin of FTI Consulting.
Delay claims are common on construction projects but proving responsibility for delay can be difficult. It can lead to complex and costly disputes, with associated risks and uncertainties for all parties involved. At the heart of such disputes is often the difficulty in identifying the impact of various delaying events on project completion. |
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Mayer Brown Legal Update
The Government has released its response to the Hargreaves Review (an analysis of our current IP regime commissioned by the Government, discussed in our earlier client alert Fit for the internet age? The Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth).
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