Simmons & Simmons partners Sascha Kuhn and Verena Braeckeler discuss the extent to which under German law employers can monitor their employees' use of work email. They also consider the possible policy options open to employers.

Simmons & Simmons corporate tax partners Mark Sheiham and René van Eldonk discuss the potential impact of the EU Commission's proposed Financial Transaction Tax around Europe and beyond.

Simmons & Simmons corporate partners Edward Baker and Mark Curtis discuss some of the key changes to the UK Takeover Code which come into effect on 19 September 2011.

Simmons & Simmons competition partners Tony Woodgate and Oliver Heinisch discuss the major implications for cartel leniency applicants arising from the ECJ decision in the Pfleiderer case.

Tony Woodgate and Patrick Boylan, of Simmons & Simmons Antitrust Litigation Group, discuss the ECJ judgment in Akzo Nobel on whether in-house lawyers' communications are legally privileged in European Commission investigations.

Simmons & Simmons partner Damien Bailey talks to colleague Lynette Ooi about the major provisions and implications of a Competition Ordinance in Hong Kong being introduced to regulate anti-competitive conduct by private companies.