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Despite rebellion by 12 Conservative MPs, legislation seeking to loosen prerequisites for divorce proceedings was passed in the UK House of Commons, paving the way for changes to family law.
Empathy is an aspect of legal professions that is often neglected in training. Law students should ensure they get an early start on honing it for working life.
With COVID-19 having now been recognised as a 'force majeure' event in French case law, we examine the landmark ruling and what it implies for commercial litigation.
In a hearing discussing the social media platform’s wrongful collection of data, the judge asked questioned whether the $550 million settlement was sufficient.
The full fallout is yet unknown, but COVID-19 has certainly had an immediate impact on family law - some positives and some negatives, with potential opportunity for innovation and even improvement to the family legal system.
The law in each state requires every company to ensure the safety of its staff by establishing that the work environment is healthy and safe. However, there are other incidents where the employer does all that is expected, but an injury still happens in the workplace.
The regulation of crypto-assets in the EU has, to date, consisted of a patchwork of national rules, with EU regulation only applying where crypto-assets fell within existing legislative frameworks. But pending the outcome of a European Commission consultation and the response to that feedback, it seems likely that 2020 will be an important year for the development of a more harmonised approach to the regulation of crypto-assets.
It has now been more than two months since the UK government introduced lockdown measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. What is the current state of affairs for separated families?
With law firms at a disproportionate risk of being targeted by cybercriminals, new technology must be adopted in order to safeguard company and client information.
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