The Bigger Picture - The View from Mayer Brown: Recent Episodes
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This podcast series focuses on some of the big picture topics being discussed around the world and helps you identify how you can explore the opportunities while navigating the risks. It will provide you with the opportunity to keep up to date on our three dimensional thinking and news from our practices. Please contact us at threedimensionalview@mayerbrown.com if you require further information.
In this fourth pilot episode, Richard Goldstein talks about a number of recent European cases on the charging of VAT on services provided to occupational pension schemes and their implications for DB and DC schemes in the UK and their sponsoring employers.
In this third pilot episode, Richard Goldstein talks about the Budget 2014 and its implications for both DB and DC schemes, in particular the likely impact of the removal of restrictions in the way in which members take their DC benefits.
In this second pilot episode, Richard Goldstein talks about the implications of same sex marriage for occupational pension schemes and the provisions of the Pensions Bill 2013/2014 that is currently going through Parliament.
In this first pilot episode Richard Goldstein talks about pensions liberation and defined ambition.
In the second episode in this series, Sarah Byrt, partner in our intellectual property and IT group outlines the key IP issues surrounding additive manufacturing including; intellectual property rights from a European perspective, what is protected, what can business and/or consumers do without infringing product IP rights plus also exploring business models that might emerge as a result of the developments in this technology.
In the first episode in this series, Mark Valentine outlines the concept of additive manufacturing, highlighting its implications for business today and the potential opportunities and risks that may arise in the future, as detailed in our recent report.