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Make Your Views Known On The Future Of Biocides, CLP, And PIC In Great Britain – Consultation On Regulatory Reforms

The HSE has issued a public consultation on broad legislative reform proposals to three core pieces of "assimilated" chemicals legislation (EU derived law, incorporated in Great Britain)...

European Union Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Fungus Cell For Leather

Sustainable leather replacements are becoming highly sought after. A team from Newcastle University and Northumbria University has developed a self-healing mycelium-based leather substitute...

United Kingdom Environment

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Marks & Clerk

What Are The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About UK CBAM?

The UK government is currently consulting on draft primary legislation establishing a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ("CBAM"), which is set to come into force from 1 January 2027.

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

Flick The Switch Board: Get Plugged Into The Latest UK Guidance On EEE And WEEE

Waste treatment, recycling and take back obligations in relation to electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste of such electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)...

United Kingdom Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

PFAS 'Forever Chemicals': The Unseen Challenge In Your Supply Chain?

United Kingdom Environment

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WTW

COP29: Decarbonising 'Not-So' Hard-To-Abate Industries

United Kingdom Energy

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Marks & Clerk

PFAS Regulation In The UK

European Union Environment

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Fieldfisher

Power Ahead: An Opportunity For Liability Buyers To Capitalize On Stability And Softening Conditions

United Kingdom Environment

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WTW

Late-Stage Functionalisation: A Unique Perspective From A Research Scientist Turned Patent Attorney

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

From Doctoral Research To Spin-out: A UK Tech Start-up's VC-backed International Journey

United Kingdom Commercial

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Osborne Clarke

Health And Safety | UK Regulatory Outlook June 2024

United Kingdom Employment

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Osborne Clarke

Navigating Environmental Risks In Aviation

United Kingdom Environment

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WTW

European Union Adopts Strategy To Develop Carbon Capture And Storage Technologies

European Union Energy

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Jones Day

Is Your Airport Protected Against The Environmental Risks Of Fire?

United Kingdom Environment

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WTW

HR Briefing: Competition And Employment (Podcast)

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

All In A Day's Work Immigration Update – Skilled Worker Visa Changes (Podcast)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Herrington Carmichael

HR Briefing - July 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Macfarlanes LLP

Hidden Homelessness: Legal Guidance For 'Sofa-Surfers' (29 July 2025) (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Tech 10 – Episode 6: The Power Of Platforms (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

Chemicals And The Environment: Regulatory Divergence In A Year Of Political Change

It is anticipated that 2024 will be the biggest year ever for democracy. Over four billion people – more than half of the world's population across more than 40 countries – will go to the polls.

United Kingdom Environment

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Macro Regulation Of Microplastics: New EU Initiatives And Their Global Business Impact

As part of its broader zero-pollution action plan, and in response to microplastics' recognised long-term negative impacts on ecosystems, the European Union has recently...

European Union Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Europe – A Tough Playground For Chemical Manufacturers

As the global chemical industry experiences unprecedented challenges, European manufacturers find themselves in the grip of a prolonged downturn.

European Union Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

Chemicals Regulation: Key Considerations In The EU And The UK In 2024

Much of the EU regulatory activities in the past 4 years has focused on chemicals, which are acknowledged to be a ubiquitous feature of modern life...

European Union Energy

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Taskforce On Nature-Related Disclosures Publishes Draft Sector-specific Guidance

United Kingdom Environment

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Initial Reflections On The Recent 'One Substance, One Assessment' EU Proposals

European Union Healthcare

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Mayer Brown

Antitrust Investigations Into Supply Of Construction Chemicals

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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K&L Gates LLP

Global Downstream Update 2023

United Kingdom Energy

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WTW

Competition, Construction, Chemicals, Cartel?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Michelmores

Water Pollution And Construction: Causes, Remedies And Repercussions

United Kingdom Environment

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Walker Morris

Cambridge: City Of Innovation - The King's College Wildflower Meadow And The Future Of Agriculture

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Is UK REACH A Success? Analysis Suggests It Is Still Too Early To Say

European Union Energy

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Insights: G1/23 – A Burdensome New Referral To The EPO's Enlarged Board Regarding The State Of The Art

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

The Impact Of The EU Green Deal On Value Chains (Video)

European Union Environment

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McDermott Will & Emery

Cambridge: City Of Innovation - The King's College Wildflower Meadow And The Future Of Agriculture

In 2020, King's College Cambridge broke with tradition and left a large area of lawn unmown. This area grew into a beautiful meadow, and was cut and baled that August by traditional methods using two shire horses.

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Is UK REACH A Success? Analysis Suggests It Is Still Too Early To Say

Designed to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment, while allowing the free circulation of substances on the EU market, Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 of the European...

European Union Energy

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Insights: G1/23 – A Burdensome New Referral To The EPO's Enlarged Board Regarding The State Of The Art

Can a product be simultaneously available and unavailable to the public? In T 0438/19 , the Board grappled with questions regarding the criteria that must be met for a product to form part of the state...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

The Impact Of The EU Green Deal On Value Chains (Video)

In order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the European Union has set out an ambitious legislative agenda packaged as the European Green Deal.

European Union Environment

MW

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court Finds No Continuing Nuisance Simply Because Polluting Substance Remains On Claimants' Land

United Kingdom Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Green Matters: Harnessing The UK's Environmental Improvement Plan – Water And Chemicals

In our first briefing regarding the recent publication of the Government's Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), the first formal update of the UK's 25-Year Environment Plan, we considered...

United Kingdom Environment

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Gowling WLG

Hydrogen Is Coming To A Building Site Near You...

In a further step towards decarbonisation of the transport and construction sectors, JCB has recently received approval to test its world-first hydrogen-powered digger on UK...

United Kingdom Energy

MC

Marks & Clerk

Chemicals: What To Watch For The UK And The EU In 2023

In recent years regulators have acknowledged that chemicals are a ubiquitous feature of modern life (in products, components, ingredients, tools and packaging).

European Union Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Fashion, Textiles And Cosmetics: Banning 'forever Chemicals' In Europe And The US

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ('PFASs'), known as 'forever chemicals' are a class of synthetic chemicals that are used extensively in a wide range of products across numerous industries...

Worldwide Consumer

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Withers LLP

Using Aberdeen's Oil And Gas Expertise To Solve Key Problems In The Defence Sector

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Inventions & Innovators Powering The Energy Transition – Oil And Gas Supermajors

United Kingdom Energy

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Cipher

Sustainability And Detergents: Environmentally Friendly Innovation

United Kingdom Environment

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Cipher

European Enforcement Of Chemicals Regulation: Delivering Zero Tolerance Of Non-Compliance?

European Union Energy

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Steptoe LLP

Innovation, Collaboration And The Ever-present Climate Crisis – Interview With Faustine Delaselle, SYSTEMIQ Ltd

United Kingdom Technology

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Kilburn & Strode

Get The F Out Of My Chemical: Tackling PFAS Contamination

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

What Do You Need To Know About Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)?

European Union Environment

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Gowling WLG

Patentability Of Chemical Inventions In Europe And Considerations For Drafting – Purity, Enantiomers And Polymorphs

United Kingdom IP

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HLK

PIVOT! The Consultation On RoHS Reform Is Now Open

European Union Energy

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Cooley LLP

Sustainability Strategies In The Chemical Sector

United Kingdom Energy

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Charles River Associates

Patenting Alloys At The EPO: Clarity

United Kingdom IP

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HLK

Simplifying And Recasting The Assessment Of Chemicals In The EU: A Challenge For The Administrative Puzzle

European Union Energy

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Mayer Brown

A Hop, A SCIP, And A Jump: New EU Database Gives Consumers Access To Information On Hazardous Chemicals In Products

European Union Consumer

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Cooley LLP

Spotlight On Sustainability At Tokyo 2020

Worldwide Environment

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J A Kemp LLP

Classify That! European Commission Is Seeking Input On Reform Of Chemicals Classification Law, An Important Step In A Much Larger Overhaul Of The EU Chemicals Regime

European Union Commercial

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Cooley LLP

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McDermott Will & Emery

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