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No Class Certification Against British Airways
Posted on 5 Jul 2011 by International & Foreign Law Community Staff

UK Court of Appeal Rejects Class Treatment of Claims Against British Airways By Matthew L. Berde Esq. and Christine A. Fujita Esq. Summary: On November 18, 2010, the U.K. Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court decision rejecting an attempt by a pair... Read More

Tags: British Airways PLC , European Commission , Emerald Supplies , U.K.

UK Corporate Tax Reform Update
Posted on 20 Sep 2011 by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

View Media While the UK Government's blue-print for corporation tax reform was put forward in June 2010, key elements of the reform programme have become much clearer during the course of the Summer of 2011. The long awaited detailed... Read More

Tags: Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP , UK Patent Box , tax reform , Foreign companies rules , Finance Act 2011 , U.K.

ICO Issues Its Largest Fine against a Single Entity for Date Security Breach
Posted on 22 Aug 2011 by International & Foreign Law Community Staff

Excerpt: 2011 Emerging Issues 5859 Summary: On June 9, 2011, the UK's data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, imposed its biggest fine to date against a single data controller for breaching the UK's Data Protection... Read More

Tags: data privacy , Information Commissioner's Office (the ICO) , UK's Data Protection Act of 1998 , U.K.

Fulbright Briefing : The United States and Other Nations Expand Sanctions Against Iran
Posted on 1 Dec 2011 by Norton Rose Fulbright

By: Stephen M. McNabb , Marsha Z. Gerber , Stefan Reisinger and Mary Beth Balhoff On November 21, 2011, the United States announced three measures designed to enhance sanctions on Iran. The President issued an Executive Order authorizing the... Read More

Tags: Iran , U.S. Patriot Act , U.S. , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. , Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control , U.K.