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Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, European Union, etc. | 15 Jul 2021
E-signatures: where are they legally valid?
A look at key updates and legislation clarifying the legal validity of electronic signatures (e-signatures) around the world.
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 28 Jun 2021
CMA acting chair: Companies no longer care about reputation
The acting chair of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has said that companies now care “insufficiently” about their corporate reputation, which has lessened the deterrent effect of antitrust fines.
Slaughter and May | United Kingdom | 17 Sep 2019
'Technology, Access to Justice and the Rule of Law': a new report from the Law Society
Despite the rapid technological changes which have taken place in the past few years, disrupting almost all facets of our lives, there has been a…
Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2019
Have you updated your settlement agreements following new guidance on NDAs? Five key action points for employers tackling the #MeToo movement
Whilst attention may be focused onto the next round of gender pay reporting, due on 4 April 2019, the need for businesses to tackle wider diversity…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 31 Oct 2018
When is a corporate guarantee a distribution?
In 2017 the ICAEW and ICAS suggested that an upstream or cross-stream guarantee might amount to a distribution of profits unless a fee was payable in…
Stewarts | United Kingdom | 16 Oct 2018
Pushing for progress at the 2018 Women in Law Summit
“Gender equality is good for everyone: it is not just an issue for 50% but 100% of us” Christina Blacklaws, President of the Law Society The 2018…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Sep 2018
UK Court of Appeal Reverses Controversial Judgment That Watered Down Privilege in Internal Investigations
On 5 September 2018, the UK Court of Appeal handed down a much-welcomed judgment in the case of SFO v. ENRC,1 restoring the application of legal…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Sep 2018
ENRC wins privilege appeal against the SFO
" …whilst a party anticipating possible prosecution will often need to make further investigations before it can say with certainty that proceedings…
Clyde & Co LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Sep 2018
Landmark Court of Appeal decision on Legal Privilege
Such was the importance of the case to the legal profession that the Law Society took the unusual step of intervening in the proceedings as a third…
Bindmans LLP | United Kingdom | 3 Aug 2018
Divisional Court strikes down irrational and unfairly made decision to cut criminal Legal Aid
Today, a Divisional Court comprising Lord Justice Leggatt And Mrs Justice Carr DBE upheld a judicial review challenge brought by the Law Society to a…
