Successful entrepreneur Jo Fairley has shared her advice for small businesses faced with increased economic uncertainty as the government prepares to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday. Her advice comes after Xero, the beautiful cloud accounting software company asked small businesses how optimistic they felt about the future of their business in relation to Brexit. Three […]
Besides the thousands of considerations that can arise in M&A deals, intellectual property holds a key position and plays a very important role in the process. Here Rob Davey, Senior Director at CompuMark, a brand of Clarivate Analytics, explains to Lawyer Monthly why Trademarks are so important in the grand scheme of company buying.
UK's exit from EU may end five-year boom in corporate profit and stock valuations. A new survey shows that firms that are engaged with Brexit are more confident about managing the impact, whereas 64% believe Brexit will reduce their profitability.
Kroll, the global leader in risk mitigation and response solutions, together with the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, recently released the 2017 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking Report (ABC Report). The theme of this year's ABC Report is "Beyond Regulatory Enforcement: The Rise of Reputational Risk." Against […]
Government Brexit plans are showing a lack of ambition for equality and human rights standards, Equality and Human Rights Commissions Chair, David Isaac, has warned. Publishing a 5 point plan on how Britain’s status as a world leader on equality and human rights can be maintained and strengthened after we leave the European Union, Mr […]
While global progress on this grey area is still to come, Canadians at least, can now expect to feel safe on the ground and in the sky. The number of incidents involving recreational drones has more than tripled since 2014, prompting the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport to recently introduce a measure to prevent […]
Last week the motion passed agreeing agreed to firmly limit the scope for the UK Government to allow itself powers to shift legislation through ‘Henry VIII’ powers, and lock-in the utmost Parliamentary oversight of powers given to ministers. This is set to affect people, businesses and sectors all across the nation. Here Lawyer Monthly benefits […]
“Big isn’t necessarily beautiful – in fact things can get quite ugly.” Michael Siebold is chair of elite global legal network Interlaw, and here Lawyer Monthly benefits from his expert opinion on the impact of social and political anti-establishment shifts on the structure and effectiveness of the legal sector. 2016 was undoubtedly a year of […]
As the Government presses ahead with plans for online and virtual hearings, the Bar Council has warned that the quality and the reputation of our system of justice must not suffer. Chairman of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC said: “Appropriate safeguards must be put in place to ensure that the quality of justice and the […]
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