Full Disclosure:​

Practice Area News​

By Jaysen Sutton​
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Hi Reader 👋🏽,

It's the second week of May, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas:
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Mergers & Acquisitions​
  • M&A is expected to be up compared to last year over market confidence (Bloomberg)​
  • Takeover interest in UK companies highest since 2018 (FT)​
  • Spanish Bank BBVA makes a hostile takeover bid for TSB (The Standard)​
  • British oil services company John Wood rejects attempted takeover bid from Dubai rival (The Guardian)​
  • CVC buys minority stake in Hempel (PE Hub)
Competition
  • Japan, South Korea and Australia move to regulate Big Tech (ExchangeWire)
  • FTC approves Exxon/Pioneer merger with one big catch (ESGDive)
  • TikTok becomes the first social media platform to automaticallylabel AI-generated content (AP News)
  • US revokes licences for sale of chips to Huawei (BBC)
  • TikTok files lawsuit against US government (Computing UK)
Capital Markets / Finance
  • Turbulence of UK public markets force out cannabis company (Morningstar)
  • Fines for PwC and EY for breaching regulator requirements in audit (The Guardian)
Litigation
  • Shareholder discontent continues over Exxon's decision to sue climate change activists (Financial Times)
  • Mishcon de Reya issues claim against Uber (Mishcon)
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Economy
  • UK economy exits recession with fastest growth in two years (BBC)
  • Bank of England keeps interest rates at 5.25% but hints at June cut (The Guardian)

Have any thoughts? I'd love to hear your perspective below!

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