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Why Is FRAND Important for the Telecoms Industry?

6th June 2018
Below Michael Munsch, Partner at EIP, has analysed the prospects of 5G in the telecoms sector, with particular focus on what the implications of FRAND have on the telecoms industry as a whole. Standardization has been hugely important to the telecommunications industry to ensure compatibility between handset devices and networks. Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) related […]
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Mind the Gap: Why We Need to Discuss Females’ Finance

6th June 2018
The gender pay gap is a topic that has been widely discussed online and has steadily been gaining traction in terms of popularity and awareness. Though figures released by the Office of National Statistics for April 2017 revealed that the gender pay gap based on median hourly earnings reached an all time low of 9.1%, […]
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Barclays Scores ‘Major Victory’ Over the SFO

5th June 2018
Charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office against Barclays were recently dismissed. Below Dominic Carman, noted legal commentator, discusses the implications for the SFO. More bad news for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office – this time in relation to its five-year investigation into Barclays Bank and its refinancing during the global financial crisis. This protracted […]
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38% of Women Claim Their Gender is Blame for Being Patronised at Work

5th June 2018
Analysis from the Market Inspector, as per the report, ‘Gender Inequality in the Workplace’ shows that there is still progress that needs to be made in the workplace. The report shows that in 2017, only 35% of women in the UK are in managerial positions, while when it comes to junior positions, 69% of employees […]
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Proposals to Ban Harmful Gender Stereotypes in Advertising

4th June 2018
The body responsible for writing the UK's advertising rules, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), recently published a consultation on a proposed rule to prohibit the use of harmful gender stereotypes in marketing and advertisements (ads) together with draft guidance to help explain how the rule would apply in practice. Nicky Strong, Consultant, and Ashley […]
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Campaign Against Money Launderers Leads to 20% Drop in Fines

1st June 2018
The number of fines handed out for money laundering and terrorist financing rule breaches has fallen 20% in the last year as tougher enforcement delivers a wake-up call, anti-money laundering and Big Data specialist Fortytwo Data reveals. It follows record enforcement in 2015/16 when 1,170 professionals - including lawyers, accountants and those in the gambling […]
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Don’t Get Caught Out by the Computer Misuse Act

1st June 2018
Specialist IT lawyer and Head of Technology at national law firm, Clarke Willmott LLP, Susan Hall, warns that the idea of ‘hacking’ can cover a number of offences and online pranksters should be aware that what they’re doing probably won’t be considered harmless fun. Online pranks can carry serious consequences. When a journalist asked Kemi […]
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How to Negotiate Salary and Benefits as a Female Lawyer

31st May 2018
Law students and young lawyers are faced with many employment considerations: what practice area to pursue, how to land a position with growth opportunity, and how to negotiate a salary and benefits package commensurate with the time and effort their career will require. Below Angela Ferrante, Senior Vice President of operations at GCG, a leading […]
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The Script Vs James Arthur: Unconscious Plagiarism & Intellectual Property

31st May 2018
Music is often a determined sequence of chords and rhythms, words and melodies, but sometimes a song has an ‘essence’; this is according to The Script’s lawyer, and plaintiff against James Arthur, Richard Busch. Below Robert Lundie Smith, Partner at EIP Legal, talks Lawyer Monthly through a complex history of subconscious copying and IP infringement […]
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The General Counsel: A Superhero of Business Transformation

30th May 2018
Business has never been more complicated in the legal arena. The role of today’s General Counsel (GC), supported by in-house legal teams, has gone from providing sound legal advice to also delivering strategy and direction in both legal and business matters. Below Bryan Melchionda, Director of Alliances at Seal Software, explains for Lawyer Monthly why […]
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