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#metoo: What Is Sexual Discrimination and How Do the Claims Work?

1st February 2019
What accounts towards discrimination and what are your rights? Jessica Massimi tells all. Some women may not be fully sure to whether they are being discriminated against in their workplace or not. Can you please share what accounts towards discrimination? First, it is important to understand that people of all genders and sexual orientations are […]
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Building Bridges and Protecting Contractors and their Lien Rights

1st February 2019
Michael Dulberg’s goal is simple: deliver quality legal services to his clients with candor and integrity.  Serving as the client’s advocate and adviser, Michael tells his clients what they need to hear and not simply what they want to hear.  Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Construction Law and Litigation in the 2014 […]
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What Should You Do if You Think Your Business Is Failing?

1st February 2019
However, the plain truth of things is simply that most SMEs get into financial trouble either because they aren’t selling enough of their products, whether those are widgets or professional services, or because too much cash is being taken out of the business by those that own and run it. Sometimes it’s a combination of […]
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Doing Business in Nigeria: The Essentials You Need to Know

1st February 2019
Why Nigeria? Despite the negative publicity from years of bad leadership, Nigeria remains an important destination for business. This is evident from the high number of expatriates to be seen on Nigeria-bound flights and the high profile figures and brands that have been coming into the country in recent times: from Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, […]
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A Practical Approach to Managing Risk for Law Firms in the post #MeToo Era

31st January 2019
There are two key issues for firms to consider here: What is the best practice approach to take when facing an allegation of sexual misconduct against a partner or LLP member (for the purposes of this article we use the term partner to refer to both); and What can and should a law firm do […]
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Top Tips for Protecting Your Income

31st January 2019
It’s human nature to avoid thinking about the worst. But most of us recognise it’s important to have the financial resilience to cope with anything that could affect our income. Most people have a rainy-day fund to cover them in an emergency, but this can’t substitute for a permanent income, and can quickly run dry. […]
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Law Firms Must Evolve Their Cyber Strategy to Survive

31st January 2019
Their business model is based around trust and confidentiality, which means a breach can deal a fatal blow to their reputation; trust is hard earned but easily lost. Although law firms understand the importance of client confidentiality perhaps more than any other industry, they can also be target for sophisticated attacks from criminals looking to […]
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How To Protect Trademarks Internationally

31st January 2019
Trademarks are protected by intellectual property rights. These operate at a national level, but also internationally through a complex system of treaties. As businesses move increasingly online, protecting trademarks internationally is ever more important. If your company has a website, its trademarks are visible to the entire world. Unless they are properly registered, there may […]
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Pinsent Masons Named the UK’s Most Inclusive LGBT Employer

31st January 2019
The highest entry comes from Pinsent Masons, which has been named the most inclusive employer in the UK in this year’s Index. The firm has continued to build on its previous strong performance, landing in position two for the last two years, and is now top of its sector, overall, and is one of the UK’s leading trans-inclusive […]
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Employers’ Liability in the Aftermath of the Office Christmas Party

20th December 2018
But what if there was a serious incident between staff members? Would their employer be legally responsible for that? Clive Bellman was a sales manager for Northampton Recruitment and was seriously injured in an assault after the firm’s 2011 Christmas Party. What had happened was that a small group of senior staff left the venue after the […]
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