In this twenty-first edition, we flag and provide comment on anticipated employment law developments during the third quarter of 2018 and highlight some of the major legislative, consultative, policy and case law changes to look out for in 2018.

Commentary to a judgment of the District Court of Kiel from April 2018

In this special guest Episode Nick speaks with David Reade QC about Confidentiality and Privacy during Tribunal proceedings.

Richard looks at the implications for pension schemes of the recent High Court decision in the Lloyds Bank case on GMP equalisation.

On November 15, 2018, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued revised geographic targeting orders (“GTOs”) that require US title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind legal entities (US and non-US) used in certain “all-cash” purchases of residential real estate and to report these persons and purchases to FinCEN.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Lusnak v. Bank of America, N.A., 883 F.3d 1185 (9th Cir. 2018), and would thus leave intact a ruling that compels national banks to comply with state laws requiring the payment of interest on escrow accounts.

In Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Technology, Co., Ltd., a California Court of Appeal voided a $414 million arbitration judgment entered against Changzhou Sinotype on the grounds of improper service under the Hague Convention—despite the parties’ agreement to waive Hague Convention service requirements and US personal jurisdiction defenses.

This latest issue in our Vietnam Competition Law series focuses on how restrictive agreements are regulated in Vietnam, and highlights the differences between the 2004 Law on Competition and the upcoming 2018 Law on Competition.

On November 5, 2018, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) finalized an amendment to the de minimis exception within the swap dealer (“SD”) definition (“SD Threshold Amendment”),1 which permanently sets the de minimis threshold at its current, phase-in level2 of $8 billion in aggregate gross notional amount of swap positions connected with dealing activities.