Commercial awareness news round-up for prospective and current UK-based corporate lawyers. (Cover art photo provided by Joel & Jasmin Førestbird)
Episode 11: Apple Insider Trading, UK-Swiss Trade Deal, Patisserie Valerie Rescue and more
Episode eleven details stories concerning Bank of America's move, Airbus halting A380 production, Belgian strikes, JPM Coin, Morrison's equal pay case, Apple insider trading, Total's move, UK-Swiss trade agreement, Patisserie Valerie's rescue and the steady increase of investor arbitration.
Links for the stories
Bank of America move
https://www.ft.com/content/b9d43bba-2f7a-11e9-8744-e7016697f225
End of A380
https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbus-will-stop-building-its-a380-superjumbo-jet-11550121699
Belgian strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47211043
JPM Coin
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-14/jpmorgan-has-a-coin-now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47240760
Morrisons equal pay case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47231497
Apple insider trading
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47234789
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.html
Total move
https://news.sky.com/story/energy-giant-total-to-move-uk-trading-jobs-to-geneva-11637587
UK-Swiss trade agreement
https://www.ft.com/content/2341f6e8-2dd5-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8
Patisserie Valerie rescue
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47238200
https://www.ft.com/content/26e91e20-3032-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8
https://www.burges-salmon.com/news-and-insight/press-releases/burges-salmon-advises-causeway-capital-partners-on-patisserie-valerie-acquisition/
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-patisserie-hldg-m-a-causeway-capital/patisserie-valerie-rescued-by-irish-fund-causeway-idUKKCN1Q31FH?il=0
https://news.sky.com/story/patisserie-valerie-saved-by-private-equity-buyout-from-administration-11637006
Investor-state arbitration increase
https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019/02/13/third-party-financers-are-fueling-investor-state-arbitration-battles-378-98321/
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2/15/2019 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 10: KPMG Legal, Big Mac Trademark, Nissan snubs UK and more
Episode ten marks a milestone for the podcast.
Links for the stories:
Unilever purchase of Graze
https://www.thelawyer.com/unilever-graze-deal-dla-piper-travers-smith/
Bank of England forecasts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47155537
BB&T Corp and SunTrust merger
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-07/bb-t-and-suntrust-banks-agree-to-combine
Petrofac bribery
https://www.ft.com/content/11b156e2-2ab7-11e9-88a4-c32129756dd8
Jaguar Land Rover losses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47155145
Qantas cancels Airbus order
https://www.dw.com/en/qantas-cancels-order-for-8-airbus-a380s/a-47401917
Germany restricts Facebook
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-antitrust-watchdog-restricts-facebooks-data-collection-via-other-sites/a-47402737
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-germany/germany-to-restrict-facebooks-data-gathering-activities-idUSKCN1PW0SW
KPMG Legal
https://www.law.com/international/2019/02/06/kpmgs-legal-arm-announces-record-growth-in-2018-396-12140/
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/kpmg-legal-consultancy-arm-coming-to-uk-in-months/5069172.article
Nissan snubs Sunderland
https://news.sky.com/story/why-it-makes-sense-for-nissan-to-build-x-trail-in-japan-11628138
https://www.ft.com/content/feb5b988-289b-11e9-a5ab-ff8ef2b976c7
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/business/washington-mp-writes-to-theresa-may-to-express-concerns-over-nissan-s-future-in-wake-of-x-trail-announcement-1-9580110
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/nissan-brexit-sunderland-japan-job-cuts-uk-eu-trade-exports-no-deal-gianluca-de-ficchy-a8760756.html
McDonald's Trademark
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/15/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-legal-battle-supermacs
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-corp-trademark-supermacs/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-case-to-irish-chain-supermacs-idUKKCN1P92JA
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