Episode 41: Facebook $9bn Tax Lawsuit, Heathrow Runway, and more

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Links for the headlines:

Bombardier-Alstom

https://www.thelawyer.com/host-of-international-firms-act-on-alstoms-e7-5bn-rail-purchase/

COVID-19 and stocks

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/stock-market-correction-coronavirus-meaning-definition-sp-500-stoxx-600-a9363756.html

Firm closure

https://www.thelawyer.com/baker-mckenzie-sends-staff-home-amid-coronavirus-fears/

Deal Watch

https://www.iqstudentaccommodation.com/blackstone-acquire-iq

https://www.thelawyer.com/us-firms-in-london-get-lead-roles-on-blackstones-student-housing-purchase/

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2020/02/kirkland-advises-blackstone

US-EU Trade War

https://www.ft.com/content/ae259de2-57db-11ea-a528-dd0f971febbc

https://www.ft.com/content/33bc09c4-5358-11ea-90ad-25e377c0ee1f

HSBC restructure

https://www.hsbc.com/media/media-releases/2020/hsbc-holdings-plc-annual-results-2019

Heathrow third runway

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/27/heathrow-third-runway-ruled-illegal-over-climate-change

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Heathrow-judgment-on-planning-issues-27-February-2020.pdf

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Heathrow-summary-of-judgments-26-February-2020-online-version.pdf

Facebook taxes

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/19/21144291/facebook-irs-lawsuit-9-billion-taxes

https://www.ft.com/content/a0738696-52d1-11ea-8841-482eed0038b1

UK leaves UPC

https://www.thelawyer.com/ip-lawyers-left-scratching-heads-as-britain-does-a-u-turn-to-quit-unified-patent-court/

http://eplaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/UPC-The-English-Patents-Court-in-a-split-UK-UPC-system.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/11/facebook-paid-just-28m-on-record-16bn-earnings-in-the-uk