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Commercial round-up for week ending 16 August 2013

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Published on: 15 August 2013

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Table of contents

Updated Practice Notes
News analysis
Advertising and marketing: ASA adjudication on affiliate links
Competition: De minimis provisions and current case law
Competition: New regulatory regime for merger and markets
Competition: What effect will the government’s proposed amendments have on the regulatory and competition appeals processes?
Competition: Globalisation and the market
Competition: De Minimis Notice under review
Contract: When is a guarantee conditional on the signature of all co-guarantors?
Copyright: Increasing protection for performers and musicians

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The weekly round-up from Lexis+® UK Commercial. Reporting on key current awareness, news analysis, and including links to our weekly consultation and legislation trackers which respectively track consultations of note for commercial lawyers and changes to legislation and significant bills through Parliament. Also reporting on our new Practice Notes or precedents published this week and Practice Notes or precedents which we have updated.

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