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DLA Piper won a significant appellate victory this week in its representation of SteadyMed Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On November 14th 2017, the Court affirmed the March 31st 2017 ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and […]
Clifford Chance has advised Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) on the sale of 111.8 million shares in Australian Oil and Gas company Woodside. At approximately AU$3.5 billion, the sale represents 100% of Shell's interest in Woodside and 13.28% of the issued capital in Woodside. Rothschild was financial advisor to Shell and UBS and Morgan Stanley […]
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned that the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, the first Brexit Bill to be scrutinised by the House of Lords, contains inappropriately broad powers for ministers. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill is intended to provide a new, long-term legal basis for ministers to make secondary legislation concerning […]
As Phillip Hammond gets ready for the Budget, experts at BDO expect few giveaways or surprises as the Chancellor builds a Brexit war chest to prepare for the uncertainty to come. Paul Falvey, a tax partner at accountancy and business advisory firm BDO, says: “Hammond’s hands are not only tied by Brexit uncertainty, they are […]
Advisers expect referrals from accountants and lawyers will become a bigger source of new business over the next 12 months, exclusive adviser research from Prudential1 shows. According to around two out of five advisers (37%) referrals from existing clients are by far the biggest source of attracting new clients – but referrals from lawyers and […]
With various hurricanes taking the Atlantic coasts by storm in recent months, there are consequently more legal disputes to be expected according to Hermes Marangos and Tom Rotherham, respectively Partner and Associate at Signature Litigation. The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season has witnessed a cluster of exceptionally monstrous category 4 and 5 hurricanes. Litigation experts around […]
With a flurry of Freshers settling in to their new degree programmes, a new tranche of graduates are settling in to their hard earned jobs and not all is as rosy as it seems. After years of hard work, dedication and commitment, a recent study has revealed that over two thirds of those surveyed have […]
Here Adrian McClinton, Associate Solicitor at Coffin Mew LLP discusses the Digital Economy Act 2017 and its implications for landowners trying to get telecommunication companies to remove antennas and other apparatus from their land. When farmers are offered a few thousand pounds each year by telecommunication companies (i.e. mobile telephone network providers) to put up […]
So, you’ve got like 10 exams coming up, your stress levels are high and keeping calm and composed seems impossible. Plus managing the whole thing is getting really hard. To ease the process, here Lawyer Monthly hears from Francine Ryan, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at the Open University, who […]
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