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  25/03/2025

  England and Wales

  UK Government consults on further reforms to the CfD scheme

  On 21 February 2025, the Department for Energy, Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published a consultation seeking views and supporting evidence on proposed further changes to the seventh Allocation Round (“AR7”) of the Contracts for Difference (“CfD”) scheme and long-term policy considerations concerning future CfD rounds (the “Consultation”). Our commentary on the previous CfD AR7 consultation and the Government response to this can be found here.Consultation on the Future of the CfD SchemeThe Government's Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, published...

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  25/03/2025

  United Kingdom

  Recovery Powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - con­sid­er­a­tions for pension trustees and providers

  Towards the end of last year, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) recovered £295,000 from two pension funds of a convicted fraudster.  Virendra Rastogi was convicted in 2008 of masterminding a worldwide metals trading scam that defrauded financial institutions out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Following the conclusion of the criminal trial, the SFO has pursued confiscating cash and other assets from Mr Rastogi and his criminal associates.  A confiscation order of £20 million had been awarded against him.  Having received an original sentence of 9½...

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  25/03/2025

  France

  AI and Labor law: challenges and opportunities in the modern workplace

  There are many artificial intelligence solutions that can be used at the workplace. Whether it is at the recruitment stage using cognitive games (Goshaba), writing emails (TextCortex), managing skills development (Neobrain), to anticipate turnover (Team Opportunity Prediction), to organize work or improve productivity, employers have a wide range of tools to integrate artificial intelligence in HR.Nevertheless, the development of artificial intelligence generates legal issues and concerns: the workplace is no exception. While AI can offer great perspectives, employers should anticipate changes...

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  24/03/2025

  Turkiye

  Türkiye's promising steps in shaping a green hydrogen economy

  Green hydrogen is a zero-emission energy carrier produced through electrolysis, using renewable electricity from sources such as wind, solar, hydropower, and bioenergy to split water into hydrogen (H₂) and oxygen (O₂). Unlike grey hydrogen, which is produced from natural gas with high carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, or blue hydrogen, which uses carbon capture to reduce emissions, green hydrogen is fully carbon neutral. It reduces carbon emissions, especially in hard-to-decarbonize industries like steel, ammonia, and heavy transport and the shift to hydrogen-based energy increases...

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  24/03/2025

  England and Wales

  Off the pitch: High Court implies horizontal arbitration agreement and stays court proceedings

  In Alrubie v Chelsea Football Club and another [2025] EWHC 541 (Comm), the High Court granted a stay of proceedings, finding that the parties were each bound by the arbitration agreement in the Rules of the Football Association Ltd (the ‘FA Rules’). While there was no express bilateral arbitration agreement between the parties, the High Court implied a horizontal agreement on the basis that they each had acceded to the FA Rules and the arbitration agreement therein.FactsThe case involved football agent Saif Alrubie who commenced High Court proceedings against Chelsea Football Club Limited...

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  21/03/2025

  United Kingdom

  More changes ahead for the UK media mergers regime

  In its review of the operation of UK media ownership rules in 2021, Ofcom made a number of recommendations to account for shifts in the media landscape - driven by advancing technology and evolving consumer behaviour in news consumption. In response, in November 2024 the Government launched a consultation on potential changes to the existing regime, and in doing so took an important step toward modernisation.In essence, the Government is acting on Ofcom’s recommendation to broaden the scope of the regime under which the Secretary of State can intervene in media mergers on public interest...

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