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    10/09/2024
    International

    CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International Perspective

    We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments. The Annual Review summarises key developments in English construction law over the previous calendar year including developments in related common law jurisdictions. The publication has been prepared with our international clients in mind and aims to provide a greater degree of background and analysis than our regular Law-Now alert service.This year’s edition has a strong focus on exclusion and limitation clauses, with more than half of the...
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    06/09/2024
    Czech Republic

    Simplified Enforcement of Monetary Claims in the Czech Republic

    CZ
    As of 1 July 2024, there has been a small but significant change in the area of expedited civil judicial procedure in the Czech Republic. Act No. 99/1963 Coll., the Civil Procedure Code, as amended (“ Civil Procedure Code”), has been amended by Act No. 180/2024 Coll., which now allows for substitute delivery of payment orders (including electronic payment orders) when these are served to a data box, an option that was previously excluded.Advantages of Payment OrdersSpeed and Efficiency: Expedited proceedings accelerate the judicial procedure. When issuing a payment order,...
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    29/08/2024
    EU

    European Commission’s call for evidence on the revision of the guidelines on State aid in the aviation sector

    FR
    The European Commission has launched on 27 August a public consultation on State aid in the aviation sector. The consultation will run until 8 October 2024.The 2014 Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines provide for:the interpretation on the notion of State aid in regard to public interventions for airports and airlines;the compatibility conditions for investment aid to airports with up to 5 million passengers per year;the compatibility conditions for operating aid to airports with up to 3 million passengers per year;the compatibility conditions for start-up aid to airlines for new routes...
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    16/08/2024
    Europe

    CMS Data Protection Update EU and Germany, August 2024

    I.    The latest from the data protection authorities and current topics1.    AI Act: Legislative proceedings finalisedThe legislative proceedings for the AI Act have been completed and came into effect on 1 August 2024. The CMS homepage provides an overview: Looking ahead to the EU AI Act (cms.law). The data protection authorities have published the following notifications and are gearing up for their new duties: Statement 3/2024 of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on data protection authorities' role in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act...
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    13/08/2024
    Europe

    Antibody Appeals Uncovered

    Since the first approval of Muromonab-CD3 in 1986, antibodies have become progressively more common, frequently reaching a ‘blockbuster’ status. According to statistics provided by Statista in March, 5 out of 10 top-selling drugs were antibodies in 2023. Therefore, patents related to antibodies are now of considerable interest and significance to the pharmaceutical industry. They provide protection for commercially important inventions, spur further investment, and allow patients to benefit from these therapeutics. Our report provides a high-level analysis of the Board of Appeal decisions...
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    07/08/2024
    EU

    The ESAs provide additional clarifications under SFDR

    On 25 July 2024, the European Supervisory Authorities (the “ESAs”) published an updated version of the consolidated questions and answers (the “Q&As”) on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation[1] (the “SFDR”).The updated Q&As clarify, inter alia, elements related to (i) the responsibility of registered AIFMs regarding the Article 10 SFDR requirements, (ii) the assessment and measurement of “sustainable investments” under Article 2(17) SFDR, (iii) the calculation of investments aligned with the EU Taxonomy and of principle adverse impact...
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