In recent weeks, major supermarket chain Tesco found itself penalised after a two-year probe carried out by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), resulting in an agreement to pay a fine of £129 million for overstating profits in 2014. The shock admission by the leading retailer revealed that it had identified an apparent £250 million overstatement […]
Last week UK PM Theresa May announced a snap general election set for June 2017, to "guarantee certainty and security.” Since 2011, parliamentary terms state calls to election every five years and, even before this, elections were commonly only called by prime ministers every four or so years. This announcement came on the back of […]
Ian Roberts was called to the bar in 1996 and now has had the pleasure of being heavily involved in the creation of a new set of chambers: Greenway Chambers. He states that: “[The Chambers] has focused on delivering the highest standard of legal services through recruitment and development of barristers who are leaders in […]
Google Inc. and a proposed class of AdWords advertisers, represented by the law firm of Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, recently announced that they have reached a proposed $22.5 million settlement of claims related to Google's placement of their ads on parked domains and error pages. Plaintiffs alleged that from July 11th 2004 through March […]
On April 17th 2017, seven days into the 2017 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session and two days prior to the deadline for filing bills, Governor John Bel Edwards filed his key piece of legislation, the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT), as House Bill 628 (HB 628) by Representative Sam Jones. A copy of the bill can be […]
With the recent tabling of federal legislation Canada continues its march towards the legalization of marijuana. A new State Farm Canada survey released last week found a number of emerging trends which reveal Canadians' perceptions about marijuana use, its safety, and driving while under the influence are evolving. Generally, the path toward legalization seems to […]
The legal sector has been praised for leading the way on preparations for the EU General Data Protection Regulation – after a survey revealed other industries are mistakenly ditching reforms because of Brexit. The regulation, which has been years in the pipeline, is designed to harmonise data protection regulation across Europe and provide citizens with […]
New research has revealed a widespread lack of visibility and awareness of board members amongst Financial Services (FS) employees, with 30% of respondents unable to name a single member of the board at the firm they work for, and more than one quarter saying their board was either barely visible (19%) or not visible at […]
After months of anticipation, the Apprenticeship Levy has arrived, and is in effect as of 6th April 2017. Here Richard Marsh, Apprenticeship Partner Director from Kaplan, an Apprenticeship Training Provider talks to Lawyer Monthly about the benefits of the coming apprenticeship legacy in the country, and the social changes it will set in motion. Historical […]
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