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30/01/2025
Navigating the future: exploring the opportunities and challenges in Life...
Join us for our in-person CEE event, Nav­ig­at­ing the future: exploring the opportunities and challenges in Life Sciences, taking place on Thursday 30 January 2025 at our CMS Prague office. You will hear insightful discussions from notable academics and re­search­ers, es­teemed legal professionals and influential industry leaders as they explore the emerging trends and legal challenges in the life sciences sector. We will also be joined by distinguished researchers looking at how AI is rapidly shaping the sector and who will provide practical experience with AI software as a medical device.  This event will be a fantastic opportunity to network with our speakers and the global CMS life sciences & healthcare group, whilst gaining valuable insights from industry experts. 
13/12/2024
EU Competition Law Briefing
The EU Competition Law Briefings have been created to provide a platform for our clients and other competition law experts to stay up to date on the developments of EU Competition Law. 
03/12/2024
International arbitration law and rules in Montenegro
Arbitration is slowly but steadily becoming increasingly popular as a way of resolving commercial disputes. Parties are introducing arbitration clauses into their agreements that provide for domestic...
02/12/2024
European Commission publishes draft notice on the EU Taxonomy Regulation
On 29 November 2024, the European Commission published a draft notice, in the form of FAQs, on the interpretation and implementation of certain legal provisions of the Delegated Acts to the EU Taxonomy...
02/12/2024
How to achieve a European Patent Office technical effect in mathematical...
More light is shed on how to achieve a European Patent Office technical effect in mathematical healthcare patents in a recent Board of Appeal case.A patent using maths on blood sample data survived opposition...
29/11/2024
CMS at COP29 online session
Insights from the Finance COP29: steering funding in the right direction to ensure just & green transition
29/11/2024
New phase in the TTBER Revision: What the European Commission's evaluation...
1. What is the TTBER about?The TTBER exempts restrictions of competition in technology transfer agreements from the prohibition of agreements that restrict competition. Technology transfer agreements...
28/11/2024
CMS’s insights on COP29 themes
The discussions at COP29 Azerbaijan show how difficult it is to achieve global environmental goals. CMS lawyers have been reflecting on the themes of the conference in short videos and articles, housed...
26/11/2024
On the Pulse webinar series 2024 - Autumn
Welcome to the Autumn part of the 2024 On the Pulse webinar series.  This webinar series brings you updates on the latest legal and commercial developments in the life sciences & healthcare sector from around the world. We will be hosting webinars on:EU Health Data Space - 24 OctoberCyber Breach Preparedness and Response for the Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector - 26 NovemberThe webinars will be one hour in length with a 15-minute Q&A session.
26/11/2024
Technology Transformation: Drive innovation, mitigate the risks
Expectations and reality of tech-related risks
25/11/2024
Pre-hedging: IOSCO publishes delayed Consultation Report
On 21 November 2024, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published a consultation paper in response to concerns about the appropriateness of pre-hedging practices raised...
20/11/2024
COP29: A glimpse into the first week of negotiations, commitments and challenges
The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (“COP29”) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has brought together over 35,000 participants from 195 countries. During the first week of negotiations, COP29 staged many achievements on matters ranging from carbon market reforms to energy initiatives as well as contentious items underlying the unresolved conflicts in the climate agenda. Our insights and key takeaways from the first week of COP29 are summarised below.