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Third Party Access and Refusal to Deal : How Sector Regulation and Competition Law Meet Each Other
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2010
sector regulation and objectives as a context within the process of implementation of competition law in the energy sector … and third, we will investigate how sector regulation in energy sector incorporates competition law principles and affirms … combined with the need for effectiveness and focus on other than competition objectives of sector regulation and we will result …
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Regulatory Review Commission + Regulatory Budget
McLaughlin, Patrick A. - 2020
and improve both legislation and regulation …
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Rules Britannia : Analysing Britain's Regulatory Burden
Hewson, Victoria - 2021
Supporters of free markets often have a general feeling that there is too much regulation or that it is too intrusive … susceptible to accusations of either exaggerating the impact of regulation or not caring about the environment, workers, children … a national level from its regulations. Regulation has been a tool of EU integration. The implications of this driver …
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Lawyers, Guns and Money – The Bribery Problem and U.K. Bribery Act
Trautman, Lawrence J. - 2014
With expanding U.S. business operations around the globe, the potential for significant exposure to international corruption increases along with the increased risks associated with anti-bribery laws. Companies who employ citizens of the United Kingdom, maintain an office in the United Kingdom,...
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Company Law, Lawyers and 'Legal' Innovation : Common Law versus Civil Law
Reyes, Francisco; Vermeulen, Erik P. M. - 2012
In this essay we make two major claims. The first is that public legislatures should think seriously about giving maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract in company law. This would not only give corporate lawyers the tool they need to provide legal services that match the needs of...
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The Impact of Anti-Corruption Laws : Evidence from the U.K. Bribery Act’s Extraterritorial Reach
Sanseverino, Amanda - 2022
I study the impact of foreign anti-corruption laws using a setting that exploits US multinational firms' differential exposure to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the 2010 United Kingdom Bribery Act (UKBA). I find that, following adoption of the UKBA, US firms subject to its jurisdiction...
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Employment rights on transfers of undertakings in the United Kingdom
Bălan, George-Dian - In: CES working papers 1 (2009) 1, pp. 29-35
In April 2006, in the UK, came into force new rules relating to the obligations incumbent upon business owners if they pursue their alienation. These regulations come to meet several Europeandirective which seeks to ensure employees' rights and prevent any abuses. In this respect, the main...
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Cross-border electricity interconnectors in the EU : the status quo
Brunekreeft, Gert; Meyer, Roland - 2018
policy debate on interconnector expansion and studies two particular points. First, the effects of network regulation on the …
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The UK Banking Act 2009, Pre-Insolvency and Early Intervention : Policy and Practice
Singh, Dalvinder - 2010
The Banking Act 2009 has introduced a special regime to deal with failing banks in the UK. A feature of the legislation is the regulator's power to trigger the regime by determining whether or not a bank is likely to fail. The use of the Act with Dunfermline Building Society has highlighted the...
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High Speed Rail in America : An Evaluation of the Regulatory, Real Property, and Environmental Obstacles a Project Will Encounter
Prum, Darren A. - 2012
In 2009, President Barak Obama allocated $8 billion in stimulus funding for high speed rail projects across the United States. One year later, in 2010, an additional $2.5 billion was distributed to corridors with High Speed Rail Projects. Even though the most recent congressional budget...
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