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P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Legal and regulatory developments in Employment/Employee Benefits Topics covered in this bulletin: New Law TUPE: pension protection amendments to reflect auto-enrolment Children and Families Act 2014... more Cases Round-Up TUPE: meaning of clie... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Legal and regulatory developments in Employment/Employee Benefits Topics covered in this bulletin: New Publication maximum awards for unfair dismissal (from 6 April 2014) Cases Round-Up post-employment victimisation IS prohibited by the Equality... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Legal and regulatory developments in Employment/Employee Benefits Topics covered in this bulletin: New Publication business transfers and collective agreements New Law ACAS early conciliation: final regulations published Cases Round-Up no u... Swapping the Courtroom for the Boardroom: the introduction of Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the UK Considers the introduction of DPAs in the UK and discusses the considerable implications that they will have for UK companies At a time when corporate economic crime is increasingly in focus, from 24 February 2014, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crow... P&E Update: Employment/Employee Benefits Bulletin Legal and regulatory developments in Employment/Employee Benefits Topics covered in this bulletin: Cases Round-Up TUPE: harmonisation of terms results in unfair dismissal tapering exit compensation: appropriate comparator for age discrimination clai... Online platforms - who can set the price and are most favoured nation clauses compatible with competition rules? Commitments in the hotel online booking investigation provide guidance on whether sellers can set price on online platforms and MFNs are anti-competitive The OFT announced on 31 January 2014 that it has accepted commitments in the hotel online booking in... Taking stock on BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Mike Lane looks at a typical cross-border situation which throws up the sort of fundamental questions which the BEPS project is seeking to answer Dec 2013 | Client publication/article   Brad, a US citizen, comes up with a new idea and sets up Brad... Piercing the corporate veil and fraud This article summarises the principles by which a court may pierce the corporate veil in cases of fraud in light of recent case law. Introduction The principle of separation between corporate entity and shareholder has been enshrined in English law sinc... ECJ confirms parent companies may be held liable for JV competition infringements Considers ECJ's confirmation that parent companies may be held liable for joint venture competition infringements in the chloroprene rubber case INTRODUCTION On 26 September 2013, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed appeals in the chloropr... Nortel judgment ends super priority for pension claims in insolvency Considers the Supreme Court’s decision in the Nortel case, which held that the costs of complying with financial support directions are a provable debt This briefing considers the Supreme Court’s decision in Nortel Companies &...