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Regulatory Outlook

Competition | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2025

European Commission launches consultation for review of EU Merger Guidelines | Strategic steer for the CMA | Coming up: DMA
Regulatory Outlook

Bribery, fraud and anti-money-laundering | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2025

Serious Fraud Office launches first 'failure to prevent' bribery prosceution
Regulatory Outlook

Artificial Intelligence | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2025

UK: Data (Use and Access) Bill: AI and copyright debate | Children's Commissioner urges the government to ban AI apps
Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2025

HFSS advertising restrictions: brand advertising is out of scope; ban delayed to 5 January 2026 | ASA recommendations to influencers
Regulatory and compliance

European Commission publishes new single market strategy to further develop the European market

Proposal to ease burdens on smaller businesses and lift barriers to trade and investment likely to have positive impact on
Competition regulation

Spanish competition regulator gives the green light to BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell – what are the next steps?

Now the CNMC has given the go-ahead, the deal is now expected to be subject to further conditions by the
Corporate

Reinstatement of the accounting moratorium

Approval of the extended moratorium on business dissolutions affected by COVID-19
Employment and pensions

Update on Spanish Labour Law: Permanent disability is no longer an automatic ground for termination

As of 1 May 2025, employment contracts will no longer be automatically terminated when an employee is declared permanently disabled
Dispute resolution

What can be learnt about the future of English collective action settlements from Walter Merricks v Mastercard?

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has set out its approach to calculating a litigation funder's return and provided useful guidance on
Tax

Time is money: how to mitigate late payment interest in UK tax disputes

In an article first published in Tax Journal (Issue 1708 on 16 May 2025), Jack Prytherch sets out various practical
Life Sciences and Healthcare

What are the main features of the Spanish Preliminary Draft Law on Medicines and Medical Devices?

Recent challenges faced by the health sector have led to a comprehensive reform of pharmaceutical legislation in Spain, aligning the