The legal sector in the UK has seen great advances in diversity and inclusion over the last couple of decades. However, progress has not been equal in all areas, and the field of intellectual property law has been one of the slowest to come to embrace diversity and recognise the need for inclusion.
With tensions rising in the US following the death of George Floyd and protests now occurring in the UK as well as all 50 states in America, we hear from Paula who discusses how racism is prevalent in the UK and how the legal sector is also yet to remove such prejudice from the justice system.
Small businesses affected by the COVID-19 virus: “Don’t lose the opportunity to take advantage of the Small Business Reorganization Act while you still can”, says Mark Horoupian, Partner at Sulmeyer Kupetz.
As tensions ratchet up between the West and China over the coronavirus pandemic, disagreements over Huawei’s activities in the West have become increasingly fraught.
We asked Howard Ehrenberg some of our reader’s commonly asked questions, on what they should be doing to mitigate any financial stress they may face during this pressing time.
The whole business world has moved online and platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts are being used everywhere. The legal industry, however, differs from other businesses and has its own unique challenges and requirements. So, out of all the video conferencing tools, which one is best for lawyers?
For some so-called platform law firms, remote working is nothing new. The benefits, from encouraging the use of technology to help close the gender pay gap, have never been more apparent. Below, we expand on the importance of remote working for lawyers and the benefits which go hand-in-hand. Platform law firms provide self-employed lawyers with […]
In this article, lawyers from the UK and US member firms of Ius Laboris, the world’s largest HR and employment law firm alliance, describe how sickness, quarantine and leave to look after dependants are treated in their jurisdictions in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
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